Thus, an overall evaluation of forages and browses needs an integration of measurements of these factors.
BSAS Publication No. 34
Edited by CA Sandoval-Castro, FD DeB Hovell, JFJ Torres-Acosta and A Ayala-Burgos
Contents
- The possible use of the alkenes (unsaturated hydrocarbons) of plant cuticular wax as diet composition markers in sheep
- Degradation characteristics of stover of 'criollo' maize varieties used as forage in smallholder maize-livestock production systems of Central Mexico, in different growing periods
- The use of alkanes as markers for estimating diet composition in sheep and goats
- Gas production and dry matter degradability of diets for ruminants
- Prediction of DMD from gas production for substrates with high and low soluble carbohydrate content
- Diet determination of cattle grazing in the Sanyati communal areas in Zimbabwe
- Limitations in assessment of forage intake and diet composition of steers grazing tropical pastures with shortterm intake rate and oesophageal fistulated steers
- A new strategy for the in situ technique through the use of one fistulated ruminant
- Validation of the n-alkane technique to measure intake and digestibility in Alentejano pigs under "Montanheira"
- Effect of inoculum from suckling rabbits of different ages on fermentation parameters obtained with the in vitro gas production technique
- Comparison between in vitro gas production and in situ degradation for evaluating rumen dry matter degradation of maize grain and tropical grasses
- Fermentation kinetics of the carbohydrate fraction of fresh forage, silage and hay of Avena sativa
- Effect of method of conservation on the n-alkane C31 concentration of two legumes and three temperate grasses
- The amount of rumen fluid influences the composition of short chain fatty acids produced in vitro
- A methodological approach in La Reunion Island on the value of faecal Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to assess grazing intake and diet quality of the dairy cow
- In vitro fermentation of four tropical browse legumes: estimation of the effect of tannins by gas production
- Predicting the digestibility of Sahelian roughage feeds from the crude protein content in faeces of cattle, sheep and goats using an established firstorder exponential function
- Effect of rumen emptying on biting rate of cows grazing Brachiaria brizantha at three stocking rates in Yucatán, México
- Evaluation of a fat protection method (Ca-soap) with an in vitro gas production system
- Mean chewing time in horses fed different forages supplemented with concentrates
- Posters
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