a 5 x 5 latin square design involving five cannulated beef steers ( 342 and 358 kg avg initial and final body weights , respectively ) fed prairie hay ( 76.7 % neutral detergent fiber , 5.7 % acid detergent lignin and .85 % n ) was conducted to evaluate effects on feed intake and nutrient digestion of variations in physical characteristics of ruminal digesta achieved by ruminal insertion of different amounts of prairie hay differing in particle size .
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evaluate
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physical