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In sheep given chopped, dried lucerne (<jats:italic>Medicago sativa<\/jats:italic>) there was net absorption of water throughout the large intestine with concomitant increases in the proportion of dry matter (DM) And organic matter (OM). There was net disappearance of 62 g OM, 1\u00b766 g non-urea non-ammonia-nitrogen (NU\u2013NAN) and 0\u00b76 g(urea + NH<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>)-N in the caecum and proximal colon. There was no significant change in OM and NU\u2013NAN flow through the remainder of the large intestine but there was a net disappearance of 0\u00b73 g NH<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\u2013N. There was also net appearance of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the caecum, most of which was apparently absorbed before the rectum.<\/jats:p><jats:p>3. Metabolism in the caecum was also studied in sheep grazing fresh pasture or consuming one of three sugar cane-bagasse-based diets, or barley pellets. In the lucerne- and pasture-fed sheep there was a net disappearance of approximately 0\u00b75 g NH<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>-N\/d from the caecum, while in sheep fed on bagasse plus urea, 1\u00b74 g NH<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>-N\/d was apparently absorbed from this region. The addition of fish meal to this latter diet resulted in apparent disappearance of 5\u00b73 g NH<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>-N\/d from the caecum and proximal colon.<\/jats:p><jats:p>4. There was apparent loss of NU\u2013NAN from the caecum of sheep on all diets except the barley diet. With the latter diet there was a net gain of 1 g NU\u2013NAN\/d which was associated with relatively high VFA concentration and production; taken together these results indicate that microbial fermentation in the caecum was more extensive in the sheep fed on the barley diet than in those fed on the other diets.<\/jats:p><jats:p>5. 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