Effects of forage type on particle size distribution of ruminal digesta and faeces of non-lactating cows fed high quality forage

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Oshita, Tomoko ^a   Nonaka, Kazuhisa ^a   Kume, Shinichi ^a   Nakui, Tadashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digesta; High quality forage; Non lactating cow; Particle size

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7644226555     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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