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

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-60

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

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grass maturity; Grass silage; Harvest; Indigestible NDF; Ruminal digesta kinetics; Steady state model

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79953185334     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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