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Browsing by Supervisor "Raffrenato, E."
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Anelich, Claudia Bruna
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Through the measurement of grinding energy, the possibility exists to predict forage fragility as
related to the chemical composition of forages. It is also possible to predict a potential relationship
between forage ...
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Prinsloo, Elfriede
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The structural organization of plant organs and tissues determine the intake potential through the ease of forage particle breakdown, the nature of the particles produced as well as the rate of passage from the rumen. The ...
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Claassen, Ronel
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Ruminants can utilize forage fibre material due to an unique adaptation of the
stomach that is called the selective retention mechanism. The fibre cell wall is composed
mostly of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The ...