Influence of Soybean Meal or Increasing Levels of Barley Supplementation on Intake, Ruminal Fermentation, Site of Digestion, In Situ Forage Degradibility, and Duodenal Amino Acid Flow in Steers Fed Bromegrass Hay

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-126

  Boyles, S L ^a   Caton, J S ^b   Sime, D M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Brome; Cattle; Forage

Indexed keywords

EID: 9744268699     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31805-2     Document Type: Article

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