Prediction of the in vivo digestibility of whole crop wheat from in vitro digestibility, chemical composition, in situ rumen degradability, in vitro gas production and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-272

  Adesogan, A T ^a,b   Owen, E ^a   Givens, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestibility; In vitro; Nutritive value; Prediction; Whole crop

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0009947909     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00175-8     Document Type: Article

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