Two weeks ago, we looked at Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) or energy and understanding how it is important for the health and nutrition of livestock. TDN is used to calculate forage energy availability to meet animal needs. Today we will look at Relative Feed Value or RFV and Relative Forage Quality or RFQ.
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Deciphering a hay test: RFV and RFQ
When the Cavadini herd is given access to fresh hay they initially choose the best relative-feed-value hay.
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