The in situ ruminal degradability of concentrate feedstuffs in steers as affected by level of feed consumption and ratio of grass silage to concentrate

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-30

  Woods, V B ^a,b,c   O'Mara, F P ^a   Moloney, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Concentrate feedstuffs; In situ ruminal degradability; Level of intake; Silage to concentrate ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037144261     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00147-5     Document Type: Article

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