Effect of hay maturity, forage source, or neutral detergent fiber content on digestion of diets containing Tifton 85 bermudagrass and corn silage

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 281-290

  Mandebvu, P ^a   West, J W ^a   Gates, R N ^b   Hill, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion kinetics; In situ; Tifton 85 bermudagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011679136     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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