Nutrient demand affects ruminal digestion responses to a change in dietary forage concentration

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4770-4779

  Linton, J A Voelker ^a   Allen, M S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary forage fiber concentration; Digestion kinetics; Nutrient demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748929074     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0100     Document Type: Article

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