Comparisons of in situ dry matter disappearance kinetics of wheat forages harvested by various techniques and evaluated in confined and grazing steers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 854-865

  Coblentz, W K ^a,b   Coffey, K P ^a,b   Turner, J E ^a,b   Scarbrough, D A ^a,b   Skinner, J V ^a,c   Kellogg, D W ^a,b   Humphry, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Science ^*  (United States)

^c Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter disappearance kinetics; Grazing; In situ; Wheat forage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRAXINUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

DETERGENT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DETERGENTS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KINETICS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN; TRITICUM;

EID: 0036527874     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74144-1     Document Type: Article

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