Effects of treatment with ammonia or fibrolytic enzymes on chemical composition and ruminal degradability of hays produced from tropical grasses

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 68-83

  Dean, D B ^a,b   Adesogan, A T ^a   Krueger, N A ^a   Littell, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Digestion; Enzyme; Tropical grass; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 48049097770     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.05.053     Document Type: Article

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