Leaf content of straw diets influences supplementation responses by sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 93-106

  Rafiq, M ^a   Dixon, R M ^a,b   Hosking, B J ^a   Egan, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QBII   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf stem ratio; Metabolizable energy intake; Straw intake

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037144251     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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