Digestion of carbohydrates of forages in horses;Digestão dos carboidratos de alimentos volumosos em eqüinos

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Morgado, Eliane da Silva ^a   Almeida, Fernando Queiroz de ^b   Silva, Vinícius Pimentel ^a   Gomes, Augusto Vidal da Costa ^c   Galzerano, Leandro ^a   Ventura, Henrique Torres ^d   Rodrigues, Liziana Maria ^d  

^a Mestrado em Zootecnia UFRRJ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Veterinaria UFRRJ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^d Bolsista de Iniciação Científica FAPERJ ^*

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forages; Grasses; Horses; Legumes

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARACHIS PINTOI; CAJANUS CAJAN; CYNODON DACTYLON; DESMODIUM ADSCENDENS; EQUIDAE; LATHYRUS APHACA; MACROTYLOMA AXILLARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; POACEAE; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 65349122544     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 18069290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982009000100010     Document Type: Article

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