Effects of Dietary Neutral Detergent Fiber on Intakes of Dry Matter and Net Energy by Dairy and Beef Cattle: Analysis of Published Data

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-383

  Arelovich, H M ^a   Abney, C S ^b   Vizcarra, J A ^c   Galyean, M L ^d  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b Quality Distillers Grain   (United States)

^c Department of Food and Animal Sciences   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Dairy cattle; Intake; Net energy; Neutral detergent fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350262375     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30882-2     Document Type: Article

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