Effect of Enzyme Preparations on In Situ and In Vitro Degradation and In Vivo Digestive Characteristics of Mature Cool-Season Grass Forage in Beef Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1349-1357

  Feng, P ^a   Hunt, C W ^a   Pritchard, G T ^a   Julien, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion; Fibrolytic Enzymes; Forage Ruminant; Intake

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLULASE; DIET; DIGESTION; MALE; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SEASONS; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0030156045     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7461349x     Document Type: Article

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