The digestibility of grain of two cultivars of oats differing in lignin content [sheep; Avena sativa]
1988
Rowe, J.B. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Sheep and Wool Branch) | Crosbie, G.B. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth, Grain Products Branch)
Large differences in the lignum content of oat hulls have a substantial effect on the digestible energy of the whole grain. The apparent digestibility of organic matter was approximately 15 percent higher and availability of energy increased by about 11 percent in the Murray diet (low hull lignum)
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