Relationships among forage chemistry, rumination and retention time with intake and digestibility of hay by goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-140

  Coleman, S W ^a   Hart, S P ^b   Sahlu, T ^b  

^a USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forage chemistry; Intake; Retention time; Rumination time

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; DESMODIUM; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; FESTUCA; ISCHAEMUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0042740479     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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