Improving rumen fermentation and milk production with legume-tree fodder in the tropics

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-166

  Camero, A ^a   Franco, M ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dry matter degradation; Erythrina poeppigiana; Gliricidia sepium; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BREED; CATTLE; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; CROSS BREEDING; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; FERMENTATION KINETICS; HAY; HYPARRHENIA RUFA; MILK PRODUCTION; RICE BRAN; RUMINANT STOMACH;

AGROFORESTRY; FERMENTATION; FODDER; MILK PRODUCTION;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HYPARRHENIA RUFA;

EID: 0034914091     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010607421562     Document Type: Article

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