Decreasing the roughage:concentrate ratio of a diet to determine the critical roughage part for beef cattle

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  De Campeneere, S ^a,b   Fiems, L O ^a   De Boever, J L ^a   Vanacker, J M ^a   De Brabander, D L ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^b Dept Animal Nutrition and Husbandry ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beef bulls; Critical roughage part; Dietary physical structure; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SILAGE; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85047674385     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420214175     Document Type: Article

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