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The relationship between metabolisable energy concentration and nutrient digestibility in grass silages offered to sheep at maintenance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R. E. Agnew  and
T. Yan
R. E. Agnew
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland BT26 6DR, UK
T. Yan
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland BT26 6DR, UK
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The energy feeding systems used for dairy cows recommend that the metabolisable energy (ME) concentration of a feed at maintenance feeding level is calculated from its digestible nutrients. The objective of the present study was to develop equations to calculate the ME concentration from digestibility data for grass silages

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 51
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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