Use of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for the prediction of the chemical composition and nutritional attributes of green crop cereals

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Bruno Soares, Arminda M ^a   Murray, Ian ^b   Paterson, Rhona M ^b   Abreu, José M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Digestibility; Green crop cereals; NIRS; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006354975     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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