Determination of digestibility of different forages in dairy cows using indigestible NDF as marker

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-29

  Lund, Peter ^a   Weisbjerg, Martin Riis ^a   Hvelplund, Torben ^a   Knudsen, Knud Erik Bach ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromic oxide; INDF; Internal marker; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 34347344858     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700701440421     Document Type: Article

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