Digestibility and Utilization of Pearl Millet Diets Fed to Finishing Beef Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1728-1735

  Hill, G M ^a   Newton, G L ^a   Streeter, M N ^a,b,c   Hanna, W W ^a,d   Utley, P R ^a   Mathis, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Roche Nutr and Anim Health   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Energy; Maize; Pearl Millet; Protein

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; MILLET; PHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; MALE; NITROGEN; PANICUM; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030183316     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471728x     Document Type: Article

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