Digestion and passage kinetics of fibre in dairy cows as affected by the proportion of wheat starch or sucrose in the diet

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-140

  Stensig, Torkil ^a   Weisbjerg, Martin R ^a   Hvelplund, Torben ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interactions; NDF; Rate of digestion; Rate of passage; Rumen pool

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0039758193     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709809362413     Document Type: Article

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