Effects of wet corn gluten feed and intake level on diet digestibility and ruminal passage rate in steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3526-3536

  Montgomery, S P ^a   Drouillard, J S ^a,b   Titgemeyer, E C ^a   Sindt, J J ^a   Farran, T B ^a   Pike, J N ^a   Coetzer, C M ^a   Trater, A M ^a   Higgins, J J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Call Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Digestibility; Intake; Limit Feeding; Maize Gluten; Passage Rate

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9744264088     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.82123526x     Document Type: Article

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