Título:	Green chop versus hay in the diet of growing mares.
Autoria:	MANZANO, A. HADDAD, C. M. NOVAES, N. J. MANZANO, M. F. F. L. HADDAD, M. L.
Afiliação:	EMBRAPA-UEPAE de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP.; CLAUDIO MALUF HADDAD, EMBRAPA-UEPAE de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP.; N. J. NOVAES, EMBRAPA-UEPAE de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP.; M. F. F. L. MANZANO; M. L. HADDAD, EMBRAPA-UEPAE de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP.
Ano de publicação:	1979
Referência:	Journal of Animal Science, v.49, suppl.1, p.247, 1979.
Conteúdo:	Sixteen pure and crosbreed Arabian mares averaging 15 months of age and 257 kg of body weight were used to evaluate the sustituition of Rhodes grass hay by napier grass green chop (Pennisetum purpureum) on feed intake weight gain and nutrient digestibility. A concentrate made up 40% of the ration offred. The animals (8) were grouped to the two treatments . accordin to their age and body weight; the mean differences were tested by the t test.The digestibility of nutrients was estimed by use of chroium oxide, and the samples were analyses according to the Weende and Van Soest procedures.
Thesagro:	Digestibilidade
NAL Thesaurus:	digestibility hay
Palavras-chave:	Performance de equinos Equine performance Roughage Green chop
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPPSE)