Effect of maize silage to grass silage ratio and feed particle size on protein synthesis and amino acid profile in different microbial fractions in a semi-continuous rumen simulation

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-546

  Hildebrand, B ^a   Boguhn, J ^a   Rodehutscord, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

amino acid profile; microbial protein; particle size; Rusitec; silage

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952985879     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110002156     Document Type: Article

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