Postharvest treatment of fibrous feedstuffs to improve their nutritive value

Forage Cell Wall Structure and Digestibility

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 715-766

  Fahey, G C ^a   Bourquin, L D ^a,b   Titgemeyer, E C ^a,c   Atwell, D G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Growmark Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal harvesting; Enzymatic treatment; Fibrous feedstuff; Grinding; Microbial treatment; Nutritive value; Pelleting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102327892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1993.foragecellwall.c26     Document Type: Chapter

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