Effects of natural rainfall and spontaneous heating on voluntary intake, digestibility, in situ disappearance kinetics, passage kinetics, and ruminal fermentation characteristics of tall fescue hay fed to growing steers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-33

  Turner, J E ^a   Coblentz, W K ^b   Coffey, K P ^b   Rhein, R T ^b   McGinley, B C ^b   Galdamez Cabrera N W ^c   Rosenkrans, C F ^b   Johnson, Z B ^b   Kellogg, D W ^b   Skinner, J V ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

acid detergent fiber; acid detergent insoluble N; ADF; ADIN; DM; dry matter; H; H R; high moisture bales (225 g kg of moisture at baling); high moisture, rain altered bales (246 g kg of moisture at baling 23 mm of total rainfall); K d

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; JONES; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 3342987603     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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