Effect of moisture and temperature on the degradability of fiber and on nitrogen fractions in barley straw treated with urea

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-258

  Caneque V ^a   Velasco, S ^a   Sancha, J L ^b   Manzanares, C ^a   Souza, O ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Investigación ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Barley straw; Digestibility; Fiber degradability; Nitrogen fractions; Urea treatment

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0346728657     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00169-2     Document Type: Article

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