Evaluation of associative effects of total mixed ration for dairy cattle using in vitro gas production and different rumen inocula

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2479-2485

  Metzler Zebeli, Barbara U ^a   Scherr, Christina ^a   Sallaku, Enkelejda ^b   Drochner, Winfried ^c   Zebeli, Qendrim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative effects; in vitro gas production; Particle size; Rumen inoculum; Total mixed rations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CEREAL; DAIRYING; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GAS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; DAIRYING; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; POACEAE; RUMEN; SILAGE;

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EID: 84864793727     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5656     Document Type: Article

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