Protein Preservation and Ruminal Degradation of Ensiled Forage Treated with Heat, Formic Acid, Ammonia, or Microbial Inoculant

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 765-776

  Polan, C E ^a   Stieve, D E ^a,b   Garrett, J L ^a,c  

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

^b Apt 706 ^*  (United States)

^c A Division of Monsanto   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage; Heat and chemical treatments; Protein preservation

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

AMMONIA; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DIGESTION; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FOOD HANDLING; FORMIC ACIDS; HEAT; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROWAVES; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; RUMEN; SILAGE;

EID: 0032016325     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75633-4     Document Type: Article

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