The nutritive value of concentrate feedstuffs for ruminant animals Part I: In situ ruminal degradability of dry matter and organic matter

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 111-130

  Woods, V B ^a,b,c   O'Mara, F P ^a   Moloney, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Database generation; Dry matter; In situ ruminal degradability; Organic matter; Sources

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FRIESIA; HELIANTHUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MICROPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242544061     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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