Nitrogen in browse species: Ruminal degradability and post-ruminal digestibility measured by mobile nylon bag and in vitro techniques

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 488-498

  Kaitho, R J ^a,b   Umunna, N N ^a   Nsahlai, I V ^a,c   Tamminga, S ^b   Van Bruchem, J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Browse; Degradability; Digestibility; In vitro; Mobile nylon bag; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ACACIA HOCKII; ACACIA HORRIDA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA PERSICIFLORA; ACACIA SALICINA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ACACIA SIEBERIANA; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; DIGESTION; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; ERYTHRINA; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NYLON; SAMANEA SAMAN; SESBANIA; SHEEP;

EID: 0031898802     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199804)76:4<488::AID-JSFA976>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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