Dwarf elephant grass hay (Pennisetum purpureum Schum. cv. Mott) digestion by sheep at different levels of intake;Digestão do feno de capim-elefante anão (Pennisetum purpureum Schum. cv. Mott) sob diferentes níveis de consumo em ovinos

Ciencia Rural

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 482-487

  Morais, Jucileia Aparecida Da Silva ^a   Sanchez, Luis Maria Bonnecarrère ^a   Kozloski, Gilberto Vilmar ^a   De Lima, Lisiane Dorneles ^a   Trevisan, Luiz Maurício ^a   Reffatti, Mônica Vizzotto ^a   Cadorin Jr , Rui Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Microbial protein synthesis; Nitrogen retention; Nutritional value; Tropical grass

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 34247373118     PISSN: 01038478     EISSN: 16784596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-84782007000200029     Document Type: Article

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