Estimating rumen degradability of forages from semi-natural grasslands, using nylon bag and gas production techniques

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-368

  Bruinenberg, M H ^a,b   Van Gelder, A H ^a   Perez, P Gonzalez ^a   Hindle, V A ^a   Cone, J W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nutrients Management Institute NMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grass; In situ degradation; Silages

Indexed keywords

RUMINANT;

ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS; BOS TAURUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS PRATENSIS; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 84876504618     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(04)80002-2     Document Type: Article

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