An empirical model for predicting voluntary intake of forage-legume-supplemented roughages by cattle

Where VRI is a function of basal roughage quality (nitrogen and fibre (NDF) contents, rumen dry matter degradability), CF basal is the correction factor for other attributes of the roughage (cropping and processing methods and forms of offer), CF sup is the correction factor for supplement attribute...

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Main Authors: Nsahlai, I.V., Umunna, N.N., Osuji, P.O.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: South African Society of Animal Science 1996
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50142

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