Comparison of sheep and red deer rumen fluids for assessing nutritive value of ruminant feedstuffs

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2495-2502

  Hervás, Gonzalo ^a   Ranilla, María J ^b,c   Mantecón, Ángel R ^a,c   Tejido, María L ^b   Frutos, Pilar ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Ganadería de Montana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feed evaluation; Gas production; In vitro digestibility; Ruminant species

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BOVIDAE; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CYTISUS; ERICA AUSTRALIS; GENISTA; GENISTA OCCIDENTALIS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27144478019     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2292     Document Type: Article

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