Rumen degradation characteristics of ryegrass herbage and ryegrass silage are affected by interactions between stage of maturity and nitrogen fertilisation rate

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1263-1267

  Heeren, J A H ^a   Podesta, S C ^a   Hatew, B ^a   Klop, G ^a   Van Laar, H ^a,b   Bannink, A ^a   Warner, D ^a   De Jonge, L H ^a   Dijkstra, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nutreco R and D   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cutting stage; dairy cow; degradability; grass roughage; in situ; rate of fertilisation.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905714073     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN14259     Document Type: Article

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