Fecal crude protein content as an estimate for the digestibility of forage in grazing sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Wang, C J ^a,c   Tas, B M ^a   Glindemann, T ^a   Rave, G ^a   Schmidt, L ^b   Weissbach F ^b   Susenbeth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fecal crude protein; Organic matter digestibility; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60849122531     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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