Methane yields from Brahman cattle fed tropical grasses and legumes

Animal Production Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 225-239

  Kennedy, P M ^a   Charmley, E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrebla spp.; Bothriochloa insculpta; Cenchrus ciliaris; Chloris gayana; Dolichos lablab; Heteropogon contortus; Macroptilium bracteatum; Medicago sativa; Methane conversion rates; Microbial synthesis; Stylosanthes hamata

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CATTLE; CROP RESIDUE; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; RUMINANT;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTREBLA; BOS; BOTHRIOCHLOA INSCULPTA; BOVIDAE; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CHLORIS GAYANA; DOLICHOS; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; LABLAB PURPUREUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MACROPTILIUM BRACTEATUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA;

EID: 84858786029     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11103     Document Type: Article

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