The Journal of Agricultural Science

Table of Contents - 1959 - Volume 53, Issue 01  

Research Article

The metabolic changes which occur in sheep transferred to lush spring pastures II. Changes in the acid-base balance of the whole animal

E. F. Annisona1 p1, D. Lewisa1 p2 and D. B. Lindsaya1

a1 Agricultural Research Council, Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge

1. Acid-base changes were observed in the blood of some sheep after turning them out to lush spring grass.

2. These changes were observed in animals previously fed a diet of hay plus concentrates. No changes were found in animals previously fed hay alone.

3. Reasons are given for believing the acidosis observed was a consequence of feeding on lush pasture, and not a consequence of the exercise and excitement involved in rounding up sheep for sampling.

(Received October 18 1958)

Correspondence:

p1 Faculty of Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

p2 University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, near Loughborough.

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