Effects of various physical and chemical treatments on the in virtro rumen digestibility and chemical composition of four woods.
Samples of sawdust from poplar, alder and Douglas fir, were ground past screens ranging in size from 2.21 mm to 0.25 mm (60 mesh). A reduction in particle size significantly increased the in vitro rumen digestibility of poplar, but had little effect on the digestibility of alder or fir. The above w...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34448 |