Research concerning techniques for determining the diet quality of grazing ruminants mainly focused on finding simple means of predicting nutritive value rather than on intake and animal performance. In this paper the methods used for determining forage quality in diets of grazing goats with emphasis on new methods (improved in vitro method and NIRS) are discussed.
Methods for determining forage quality in diet of goats grazing on rangelands
Abstract
- Authors
- M.D. Yiakoulaki
- Affiliation
- Lab. of range science (236), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 541 24 Thesssaloniki, Greece
- Keywords
- Forage quality, techniques, grazing goats
- Proceedings
- RANGE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS – Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Karpenissi, 4-6 September 2002 (Edited by: Panagiotis D. Platis, Athanasios I. Sfougaris, Thomas G. Papachristou, Alexandrow G. Tsiontsis)
- Congress
- RANGE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS