Brown midrib-3 corn silage improves digestion but not performance of growing beef steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2957-2965

  Tjardes, K E ^a   Buskirk, D D ^a,c   Allen, M S ^a   Ames, N K ^a   Bourquin, L D ^b   Rust, S R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Digestibility; Fiber; Food Restriction; Lignin; Maize Silage

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; MALE; RUMEN; WEANING; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034331721     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78112957x     Document Type: Article

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