Intake, digestibility, and composition of orchardgrass and alfalfa silages treated with cellulase, inoculant, and formic acid fed to lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2980-2989

  Nadeau, E M G ^a,b   Russellt, J R ^a   Buxton, D R ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Composition; Digestibility; Intake; Silage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LONGIBRACHIATUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; PEDIOCOCCUS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM;

CELLULASE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METABOLISM; PEDIOCOCCUS; POACEAE; SHEEP; TRICHODERMA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; DIGESTION; FORMIC ACIDS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PEDIOCOCCUS; POACEAE; SHEEP; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0034330499     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78112980x     Document Type: Article

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