A comparison of the effect of forage type and level of feeding on the digestibility and gastrointestinal mean retention time of dry forages given to cattle, sheep, ponies and donkeys

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-98

  Pearson, R Anne ^a   Archibald, R F ^a   Muirhead, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Equids; Forage intake; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BOVIDS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DONKEY; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGE; HAY; HORSE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; DRINKING; EATING; EQUIDAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORDEUM; HORSES; HUMIDITY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 32844467347     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051617     Document Type: Article

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