Methane emission, digestive characteristics and faecal archaeol in heifers fed diets based on silage from brown midrib maize as compared to conventional maize

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 159-176

  Schwarm, Angela ^a,b   Schweigel Röntgen, Monika ^a   Kreuzer, Michael ^b   Ortmann, Sylvia ^c   Gill, Fiona ^d   Kuhla, Björn ^a   Meyer, Ulrich ^e   Lohölter, Malte ^e   Derno, Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

digestibility; Holstein Friesian; hybrid varieties; methane; retention; rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

ARCHAEOL LIPID; GLYCEROL ETHER; METHANE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; GLYCERYL ETHERS; METHANE; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84929607671     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2015.1043211     Document Type: Article

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