Effects of brown midrib 3 mutation in corn silage on productivity of dairy cows fed two concentrations of dietary neutral detergent fiber: 3. Digestibility and microbial efficiency

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1350-1358

  Oba, M ^a   Allen, M S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib 3 corn silage; Digestion kinetics; Fiber digestibility; Microbial efficiency

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034200920     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75002-8     Document Type: Article

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