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The in vivo digestibility of ruminant feed ingredients measured using sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

E. J. Cronin
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
F. P. O'Mara
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
M. Rath
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
J. Callan
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
B. Flynn
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
P. J. Caffrey
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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With changes over time in the processing and production of by-products, it is important that feed databases are continually revised and updated. It is also important to establish what variation exists between samples of the same feedstuff. The objective of this experiment was to measure the mean digestibility of 6 by-product feedstuffs and to determine the variation within each of the by-products.

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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

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References

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, 1992. Feed Composition, UK Tables of Feed Composition and Nutritive Value for Ruminants. Chalcombe Publications, Nr. Canterbury.Google Scholar