Chemical Composition and In Vitro Digestibility of Forbs Consumed by Cattle Grazing Native Range
Issue Date
1968-01-01Keywords
Sugarsin vitro digestibility
Phophorous
Use Competition
Scotts Bluff Experimental Range
Bracted spiderwort
Beggars Lice
Skeletonplant
Yucca Heads
Sand Sage
Alfalfa Standard
Lambsquarters
Sunflower Heads
nutrients
Digestion Coefficients
calcium
ash
native ranges
consumption
dry matter
chemical composition
esophageal fistula
crude protein
grazing
cattle
vegetation
forbs
Nebraska
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Hoehne, O. E., Clanton, D. C., & Streeter, C. L. (1968). Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of forbs consumed by cattle grazing native range. Journal of Range Management, 21(1), 5-7.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3896233Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Forbs consumed by cattle grazing native range had higher dry matter digestion coefficients and contained greater quantities of ash, calcium, phosphorus, crude protein, and total sugars, but contained less dry matter than grasses consumed at the same time. Forbs constituted as much as 50% of the dry matter of samples collected from esophageal fistulated cattle grazing native range. Based on their dry matter digestion coefficients and chemical composition, forbs did supply a significant amount of nutrients to grazing cattle while being consumed.Type
textArticle
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enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3896233