Influence of cultivation site and fertilisation on the properties of condensed tannins and in vitro ruminal nutrient degradation of Calliandra calothyrsus, Flemingia macrophylla and Leucaena leucocephala

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-40

  Tiemann, T T ^a,b   Franco, L H ^b   Ramirez G ^b   Kreuzer, M ^a   Lascano, C E ^b,c   Hess, H D ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

^d AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calliandra; Condensed tannins; Fertilisation; Flemingia; Leucaena; Ruminal degradation

Indexed keywords

CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; FLEMINGIA; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 77950338175     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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