Postruminal degradation of crude protein, neutral detergent fibre and starch of maize and grass silages in dairy cows

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 172-179

  Ali, M ^a   Weisbjerg, M R ^b   Cone, J W ^a   van Duinkerken, G ^a   Blok, M C ^c   Bruinenberg, M ^d   Hendriks, W H ^a,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Product Board Animal Feed   (Netherlands)

^d BLGG AgroXpertus   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grass silage; Intestinal digestibility; Maize silage; Mobile nylon bag technique; Rumen degradability

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867195827     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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