Symposium review: Fiber and in vitro methods, analytical variation, and contributions to feed analysis

ABSTRACT: At least 2 basic inputs are needed to formulate rations: the nutritional requirements of the animals to be fed and the nutritional composition of the feeds. David R. Mertens not only defined fiber requirements for dairy cattle but became a leading expert in the laboratory measurement of fi...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Ferreira, Nancy Thiex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222005604