Estimating the voluntary intake and digestibility of buffel-grass and lucerne hays offered to Brahman-cross cattle using n-alkanes

Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 567-577

  Hendricksen, R E ^b   Reich, M M ^b   Roberton, R F ^b   Reid, D J ^b   Gazzola, C ^b   Rideout, J A ^c   Hill, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Food intake; n Alkanes; Tropical grasslands

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0036327394     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800052723     Document Type: Article

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