Misleading relationships between in situ rumen dry matter disappearance, chemical analyses and in vitro gas production and digestibility, of sugarcane bagasse treated with varying levels of electron irradiation and ammonia

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Vitti, Dorinha M S S ^a   Abdalla, Adibe L ^a   Silva Filho, José C ^a   Del Mastro, Nélida L ^b   Mauricio, Rogerio ^c   Owen, Emyr ^c   Mould, Fergus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Electron irradiation; In situ dry matter disappearance; In vitro gas production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033562606     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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