Ruminal large and small particle kinetics in dairy cows fed red clover and grass silages harvested at two stages of growth

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 155, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 86-98

  Bayat, A R ^a   Rinne, M ^a   Kuoppala, K ^a   Ahvenjarvi S ^a   Vanhatalo, A ^b   Huhtanen, P ^c  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digestion rate; Grass; Indigestible NDF; Particle comminution rate; Passage rate; Red clover; Steady state model

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 74449093844     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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