Do all tannins have similar nutritional effects? A comparison of three Brazilian fodder legumes

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 345-361

  Vitti, D M S S ^a   Abdalla, A L ^a   Bueno, I C S ^a   Silva Filho, J C ^b   Costa, C ^c   Bueno, M S ^d   Nozella, E F ^a   Longo, C ^a   Vieira, E Q ^e   Cabral Filho, S L S ^a   Godoy, P B ^a   Mueller Harvey, I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas test; Phenolics; Polyethylene glycol; Tannin assays; Tropical legumes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAJAN; CAJANUS; CAJANUS CAJAN; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 13844277090     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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