The ruminal degradability of fibre explains part of the low nutritional value and reduced methanogenesis in highly tanniniferous tropical legumes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1794-1803

  Tassilo T Tiemann, ^a,b   Lascano, Carlos E ^a   Kreuzer, Michael ^b   Hess, Hans Dieter ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calliandra calothyrsus; Condensed tannins; Fibre; Flemingia macrophylla; Methane; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 47549109979     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3282     Document Type: Article

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