Browsing Research Articles (Animal and Wildlife Sciences) by Author "Bechaz, Federico Martino"

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Influence of grass species and stage of maturity at ensiling on intake and partial digestibility by sheep

Van Niekerk, Willem A.; Hassen, Abubeker; Bechaz, Federico Martino (South African Society for Animal Science, 2009)

The aim of this study was to compare intake and partial digestibility of organic matter (OM) and nitrogen (N) of two ensiled tropical grass species, P. maximum and D. eriantha, made either at the boot or full bloom stage ...
Influence of growth stage at harvest on fermentative characteristics of Panicum maximum silage

Van Niekerk, Willem A.; Hassen, Abubeker; Bechaz, Federico Martino (South African Society for Animal Science, 2010)

An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of stage of growth at harvest on fermentative characteristics of Panicum maximum silage. The treatments were three different growth stages (early vegetative, boot ...
Silage fermentation attributes and certain rumen parameters in sheep fed two grass silages harvested at different stages of maturity

Hassen, Abubeker; Van Niekerk, Willem A.; Bechaz, Federico Martino (South African Society for Animal Science, 2009)

The aim of this study was to compare two tropical grass species, Panicum maximum and Digitaria eriantha, in terms of silage fermentation attributes and certain rumen fermentation characteristics of silage made either at ...

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