Prediction of the feeding value of grass silages by chemical parameters, in vitro digestibility and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-115

  De Boever, J L ^a   Cottyn, B G ^a   De Brabander, D L ^a   Vanacker, J M ^a   Boucque Ch V ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Silage grass; Techniques in vitro; Techniques near infrared analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009313549     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8401(95)00914-0     Document Type: Article

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