Effects of total nonstructural carbohydrates and nitrogen balance on voluntary intake of goats and digestibility of gamagrass hay harvested at sunrise and sunset

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 93-106

  Sauve A K ^a   Huntington, G B ^a   Burns, J C ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamagrass hay; Goats; N metabolism; Nonstructural carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 58049209475     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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