Prediction of legume silage digestibility from various laboratory methods

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Rinne, M ^a   Olt, A ^b   Nousiainen, J ^c   Seppala A ^a   Tuori, M ^d   Paul, C ^e   Fraser, M D ^f   Huhtanen, P ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical composition of herbage; In vitro digestibility; In vivo digestibility; Legume silage; Legumes; Prediction of digestibility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIBILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; PREDICTION; SILAGE;

EID: 33845364971     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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