Composition and in vitro digestibility of leaves and stems of grasses and legumes harvested from permanent mountain meadows at different stages of maturity

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 599-610

  Ammar, H ^a   Lopez S ^a   Bochi Brum, O ^a   Garcia R ^a   Ranilla, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grasses; Leaves; Legumes; Nutritive value; Permanent mountain meadows; Stage of maturity; Stems

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 0010472235     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69184/1999     Document Type: Article

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