Effect of fibrolytic enzymes on the fermentation characteristics, aerobic stability, and digestibility of bermudagrass silage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 994-1003

  Dean, D B ^a,b   Adesogan, A T ^a   Krueger, N ^a   Littell, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bermudagrass; Fibrolytic enzyme; Nutritive value; Silage

Indexed keywords

CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON;

AMMONIA; ENZYME;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYNODON; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; STANDARD; TIME;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CYNODON; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SILAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144461448     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72767-3     Document Type: Article

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