The effect on voluntary feed intake, in vivo digestibility and nitrogen balance in sheep of feeding grass silage or pea-wheat intercrops differing in pea to wheat ratio and maturity

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 161-173

  Adesogan, A T ^a,c   Salawu, M B ^a   Deaville, E R ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Feed intake; Intercrops; Nitrogen balance; Pea; Silage; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037197874     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(01)00336-4     Document Type: Article

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