Digestibility, Apparent Mineral Absorption, and Voluntary Intake by Horses Fed Alfalfa, Tall Fescue, and Caucasian Bluestem

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1651-1658

  Crozier, J A ^a   Allen, V G ^a,b   Jack, N E ^a   Fontenot, J P ^a   Cochran, M A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage; Grasses; Hay; Horses; Legumes

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FESTUCA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

CALCIUM; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; EATING; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COPPER; DIGESTION; EATING; HORSES; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; POTASSIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SULFUR; ZINC;

EID: 0031154270     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7561651x     Document Type: Article

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