Effect of harvest time and physical form of alfalfa silage on chewing time and particle size distribution in boli, rumen content and faeces

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-244

  Kornfelt, L F ^a,b   Weisbjerg, M R ^b   Norgaard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

chopping; mastication; most frequent length; particle length; particle width

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MASTICATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; RUMEN; SILAGE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84872071231     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001437     Document Type: Article

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