Ruminal fermentation and in situ starch digestion with high moisture corn, dry rolled grain sorghum or a mixture of these grains

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-335

  Mendoza, G D ^a   Britton, R A ^b   Stock, R A ^c  

^a Especialidad de Ganadería ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed Mixing; Maize; Rumen; Sorghum; Starch Digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242328446     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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