Improving the quality of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) for dairy cows by selecting for fast clearing and/or degradable neutral detergent fiber

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Taweel, H Z ^a   Tas, B M ^a   Smit, H J ^a   Elgersma, A ^a,b   Dijkstra, J ^a   Tamminga, S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clearance rate; Dairy cow; Degradation rate; Fiber; Perennial ryegrass

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 24344474788     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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