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Rumen degradability for the assessment of tannin-rich forage from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

E.F. Nozella ,
S.L.S. Cabral Filho ,
I.C.S. Bueno ,
L.A. Castilho ,
A.L. Abdalla  and
D.M.S.S. Vitti
E.F. Nozella
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
S.L.S. Cabral Filho
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
I.C.S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
L.A. Castilho
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
A.L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
D.M.S.S. Vitti
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition – Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA/USP), CP 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Tannin can bind with feed nutrients and they became unavailable to ruminants. The aim of this work was to compare rumen degradability parameters with phenolic compounds of Brazilian ruminant feeds.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 136
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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