Production, nutritional quality and in vitro methane production from Andropogon Gayanus grass harvested at different maturities and preserved as hay or silage

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 330-341

  Ribeiro Jr , G O ^a,d   Teixeira, A M ^a   Velasco, F O ^a   Faria Jr , W G ^a   Pereira, L G R ^b   Chaves, A V ^c   Goncalves L C ^a   McAllister, T A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vitro; Maturity; Methane; Rumen; Silage Quality; Tropical Grass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897723420     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13161     Document Type: Article

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