Intake, digestibility and rumen dynamics of neutral detergent fibre in cattle fed low-quality tropical forage and supplemented with nitrogen and/or starch

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1299-1310

  Souza, Marjorrie A ^a   Detmann, Edenio ^a   Paulino, Mário F ^a   Sampaio, Cláudia B ^a   Lazzarini, Ísis ^a   Filho, Sebastião C Valadares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Non fibrous carbohydrates; Rumen degradation; Rumen fill; Signal grass; Supplementation; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; CREATINE; NITROGEN; STARCH; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FECES; FOOD ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINE; BOVINAE; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COLORIMETRY; CREATINE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; EATING; FECES; FOOD ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; RUMEN; STARCH; TROPICAL CLIMATE; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRACHIARIA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 77954456517     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9566-6     Document Type: Article

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