In situ ruminal degradation of dry matter and fiber from bermudagrass fertilized with different nitrogen rates and harvested on two dates

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 185-198

  Galdamez Cabrera N W ^a   Coffey, K P ^b   Coblentz, W K ^b   Turner, J E ^b   Scarbrough, D A ^b   Johnson, Z B ^b   Gunsaulis, J L ^c   Daniels, M B ^d   Hellwig, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Cooperative Extension Service ^*  (United States)

^d and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermudagrass; Degradation kinetics; Dry matter; In situ; Neutral detergent fiber

Indexed keywords

CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 0037475058     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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