Digestion kinetics of leaf, stem and inflorescence from five species of mature grasses

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 816-825

  Chaves, Alexandre V ^a,b,c   Burke, Jennifer L ^a,b   Waghorn, Garry C ^a,d   Brookes, Ian M ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Digestion kinetics; Forage; In sacco; In vitro; Plant maturity

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; PASPALUM; PHALARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33645459326     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2420     Document Type: Article

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