Structural Characteristics of Cell Walls of Forage Grasses - Their Nutritional Evaluation for Ruminants

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 862-879

  Iiyama, Kenji ^a   Lam, Thi Bach Tuyet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associations Between Lignin And Polysaccharides; Bridges Between Lignin And Polysaccharides; Digestibility; Forage Grasses; Hydroxycinnamic Acids; Lignin

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0035626192     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.862     Document Type: Review

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