Estimating utilisable crude protein at the duodenum, a precursor to metabolisable protein for ruminants, from forages using a modified gas test

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Edmunds, B ^a,b   Sudekum K H ^a   Spiekers, H ^b   Schuster, M ^b   Schwarz, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LfL)   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forage; Metabolisable protein; Methods; Protein value; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE;

EID: 84863480571     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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