AUTOMATED TOTAL COLLECTION AND INDICATOR METHODS FOR ESTIMATING DIGESTA FLOW IN STEERS FED ROUGHAGE OR CONCENTRATE DIETS.

Automated total collection (ATC) of digesta from four steers fitted with duodenal re-entrant cannulas was compared with flow estimations based on Cr₂O₃and acid detergent lignin concentrations of ATC samples. In two successive periods, each steer was fed about 4 kg daily of an all-roughage or an 80%...

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Main Author: WANDERLEY, RUY DA CARVALHEIRA.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1982
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188092