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- Gravimetric determination of amylase-treated neutral detergent fiber in feeds with refluxing in beakers or crucibles: collaborative study. (2002) (1493)
- Creating a system for meeting the fiber requirements of dairy cows. (1997) (1291)
- Forage Quality, Evaluation, and Utilization (1994) (771)
- Predicting intake and digestibility using mathematical models of ruminal function. (1987) (686)
- Regulation of Forage Intake (2015) (579)
- The effect of starch on forage fiber digestion kinetics in vitro. (1980) (575)
- Evaluating constraints on fiber digestion by rumen microbes. (1988) (314)
- Influence of buffer pH and raw corn starch addition on in vitro fiber digestion kinetics. (1992) (230)
- Preharvest Factors Influencing Quality of Conserved Forage (1978) (211)
- Correlation of acid detergent lignin and Klason lignin with digestibility of forage dry matter and neutral detergent fiber. (1997) (208)
- Understanding forage quality (2001) (204)
- Cell wall accessibility and cell structure limitations to microbial digestion of forage (1995) (189)
- Assessing Minimum Amounts and Form of Roughages in Ruminant Diets: Roughage Value Index System (1981) (181)
- A Dynamic Model of Fiber Digestion and Passage in the Ruminant for Evaluating Forage Quality (1979) (174)
- 2 Rate and Extent of Digestion (1993) (166)
- Effect of diet on populations of three species of ruminal cellulolytic bacteria in lactating dairy cows. (1999) (162)
- Prediction of excretion of manure and nitrogen by Holstein dairy cattle. (1997) (148)
- Kinetics of Cell Wall Digestion and Passage in Ruminants (1993) (142)
- Effects of sodium sulfite on recovery and composition of detergent fiber and lignin. (1996) (137)
- Cell wall fermentation kinetics are impacted more by lignin content and ferulate cross-linking than by lignin composition (2009) (130)
- Microbial inoculant effects on silage and in vitro ruminal fermentation, and microbial biomass estimation for alfalfa, bmr corn, and corn silages (2011) (125)
- Milk fat depression in dairy cows: role of silage particle size. (1990) (125)
- Challenges in measuring insoluble dietary fiber. (2003) (120)
- The prediction of methane production of Holstein cows by several equations. (1995) (118)
- Relationship of Rate and Extent of Digestion to Forage Utilization-A Dynamic Model Evaluation (1982) (117)
- Milk Fat Depression in Dairy Cows: Role of Particle Size of Alfalfa Hay (1990) (113)
- pH dynamics and bacterial community composition in the rumen of lactating dairy cows. (2010) (111)
- Shifts in bacterial community composition in the rumen of lactating dairy cows under milk fat-depressing conditions. (2010) (105)
- A dairy herd model for use in whole farm simulations. (1999) (105)
- Using neutral detergent fiber to formulate dairy rations and estimate the net energy content of forages [Neutral detergent fiber]. (1983) (101)
- Feeding strategy, nitrogen cycling, and profitability of dairy farms. (1999) (100)
- Protein physiology and its application in the lactating cow: the metabolizable protein feeding standard. (1975) (93)
- Dietary fiber components: relationship to the rate and extent of ruminal digestion. (1977) (91)
- Effect of monensin feeding and withdrawal on populations of individual bacterial species in the rumen of lactating dairy cows fed high-starch rations (2008) (91)
- Composition of cell walls isolated from cell types of grain sorghum stems (1999) (90)
- Efficacy of carbohydrate sources for milk production by cows fed diets based on alfalfa silage. (2002) (88)
- Chemical and physical characteristics of corn silages and their effects on in vitro disappearance. (2005) (77)
- Development of buffer systems for pH control and evaluation of pH effects on fiber digestion in vitro. (1992) (72)
- Evaluation of protein nutrition by metabolizable protein and urea fermentation potential. (1975) (72)
- DAFOSYM: A Dairy Forage System Model for Evaluating Alternatives in Forage Conservation (1989) (60)
- Measuring detergent fibre and insoluble protein in corn silage using crucibles or filter bags (2007) (57)
- Effect of reduced ferulate-mediated lignin/arabinoxylan cross-linking in corn silage on feed intake, digestibility, and milk production. (2011) (55)
- Impact of in vitro fermentation techniques upon kinetics of fiber digestion. (1992) (49)
- Impact of NDF Content and Digestibility on Dairy Cow Performance (2009) (48)
- Isolates of cell types from sorghum stems: Digestion, cell wall and anatomical characteristics (1993) (48)
- Forage Quality Variation among Maize Inbreds: In Vitro Fiber Digestion Kinetics and Prediction with NIRS (1998) (47)
- Intake and digestibility by wethers as influenced by forage morphology at three levels of forage offering. (1990) (46)
- Effect of microbial fermentation on functional specific gravity of small forage particles. (1992) (43)
- DAFOSYM: A Model of the Dairy Forage System (1989) (43)
- Forage Quality and Ruminant Utilization (2015) (43)
- Forage Quality for Ruminants: Plant and Animal Considerations (1995) (42)
- A 100-Year Review: Carbohydrates-Characterization, digestion, and utilization. (2017) (41)
- Measuring fiber and its effectiveness in ruminant diets (2002) (39)
- In vitro fermentation vessel type and method alter fiber digestibility estimates. (2008) (38)
- Effect of source and amount of fiber on kinetics of digestion and specific gravity of forage particles in the rumen. (1991) (38)
- A query for effective mean particle size in dry and high-moisture corns. (2012) (38)
- FIBEX-treated rice straw as a feed ingredient for lactating dairy cows (2003) (36)
- An overview of physical treatments of lucerne performed at Madison, Wisconsin, for improving properties (1992) (35)
- A ring test of in vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibility: analytical variability and sample ranking. (2012) (34)
- Manure nutrient excretion by Jersey and Holstein cows. (2010) (33)
- Fiber digestion, VFA production, and microbial population changes during in vitro ruminal fermentati (2011) (33)
- Effect of Nitrogen Solubility on Nitrogen Lactating Dairy Cattle (1976) (30)
- Fluid and particulate retention times in sheep as influenced by intake level and forage morphological composition. (1991) (29)
- Kinetics of hydration and effect of liquid uptake on specific gravity of small hay and silage particles. (1992) (27)
- DIURNAL CHANGES IN FORAGE QUALITY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ANIMAL PREFERENCE, INTAKE, AND PERFORMANCE (2005) (26)
- Errors in forage-quality data predicted by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (1991) (25)
- Maximizing forage use by dairy cows (2009) (25)
- Digestion of Chitin by Northern Bobwhites and American Robins (1997) (22)
- Influence of fermentation methods on neutral detergent fiber degradation parameters. (2008) (21)
- Critical Factors in Determining Fiber Content of Feeds and Foods and Their Ingredients. (2018) (20)
- Mechanical maceration of alfalfa. (1999) (20)
- Comparison of in vitro digestion kinetics of cup-plant and alfalfa. (2000) (20)
- Fiber Composition and Digestion Kinetics in Grass Stem Internodes as Influenced by Particle Size (1988) (19)
- ALFALFA FOR DAIRY CATTLE AND NOVEL USES (2005) (18)
- Formulating Dairy Rations with Neutral Detergent Fiber. 1. Effect of Silage Source (1986) (18)
- Fire-induced changes in the nutritional quality of lodgepole pine bark (1994) (18)
- Metabolizable energy and absorbed protein requirements for milk component production. (1993) (18)
- Lactational and ruminal response of dairy cows to ten and twenty percent dietary newspaper. (1971) (17)
- Particle Size , Fragmentation Index , and Effective Fiber : Tools for Evaluating the Physical Attributes of Corn Silages (2005) (15)
- Digestibility and Intake (2020) (14)
- Technical note: effect of sample processing procedures on measurement of starch in corn silage and corn grain. (2008) (14)
- Components of ruminal acidosis and acidogenic effects of diets (1999) (13)
- Factors Affecting Volume and Specific Gravity Measurements of Neutral Detergent Fiber and Forage Particles (1993) (12)
- The apparently minimal hazard posed to human consumers of products from animals fed trichothecene-contaminated grains. (1990) (12)
- Grass Yield and Quality Affect Potential Stocking Rate and Milk Production (2008) (11)
- Do we need to consider NDF digestibility in the formulation of ruminant diets (2006) (11)
- In vitro ruminal dry matter disappearance of selected waste papers. (1971) (10)
- Variability in feed and total mixed ration neutral detergent fiber and crude protein analyses among commercial laboratories. (2010) (10)
- Nutrient requirements and feed costs associated with genetic improvement in production of milk components. (1994) (10)
- System of equations for fulfilling net energy and absorbed protein requirements for milk component production. (1993) (9)
- Prediction of Excretion of Manure and Nitrogen (1997) (9)
- ALFALFA: HAY, HAYLAGE, BALEAGE, AND OTHER NOVEL PRODUCTS (2004) (9)
- Potential Benefits of Plant Modification of Alfalfa and Corn Silage to Dairy Diets (2005) (9)
- Technical note: Effects of filter bags on neutral detergent fiber recovery and fiber digestion in vitro. (2020) (8)
- Serum progesterone and milk production and composition in dairy cows fed two concentrations of nitrate. (1990) (7)
- Fate of polychlorinated biphenyls, metals, and other elements in papers fed to lactating cows. (1974) (7)
- DIGESTIBILITY AND STARCH CONTENT OF CORN SILAGE (2008) (7)
- INTERPRETATION OF FORAGE ANALYSIS REPORTS (2001) (6)
- Some effects of phenobarbital dosing of dairy cattle on aflatoxin M1 and fat in milk. (1982) (6)
- Effect of administration site of aflatoxin on the production and health of lactating dairy cows. (1980) (5)
- WHAT ARE THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO MEASURE IN HAY CROPS (2011) (5)
- Morphology, fiber composition and mean particle diameter relationships in ground barley and oat forages at different ages☆ (1990) (5)
- Chapter 9 Diet and Nutrition of Central Yellowstone Elk During Winter (2008) (4)
- Electron-capturing compounds and selected elements in paper (1973) (4)
- Effects of rations containing newsprint on flavor of milk (1972) (4)
- Theoretical metabolizable energy and protein requirements for milk component production. (1990) (4)
- Alfalfa: Forage Crop of the Future (2008) (4)
- Economic Replacement Value—A Computer Program to Teach the Economic Value of Feedstuffs (1991) (4)
- Measurements of Forage Quality (2011) (3)
- Stage of lactation and corresponding diets affect in situ protein degradation by dairy cows. (2014) (2)
- Effect of protein source on optimal dietary neutral detergent fiber levels for cows in early lactation. (1990) (2)
- Underlying Fiber Concepts and Definitions (2015) (2)
- Composition and nutritive characteristics of low quality cellulosic wastes. (1974) (1)
- Variation in ruminal and milk parameters among cow-diet combinations: results from a baseline study to relate digestion kinetics and microbial population data (1997) (1)
- Ruminant Nutrition : Fiber 821 Measuring neutral detergent fiber in feeds and forages (2001) (1)
- Neutral detergent fiber: A new concept in formulating dairy cow rations (1988) (1)
- Effective Fiber and Fiber Recommendations for Dairy Cows (1995) (1)
- Ruminant Nutrition : Fiber 821 Measuring neutral detergent fiber in feeds and forages (2001) (1)
- Forages and Pastures Symposium : Fiber Digestibility — From Cell Wall Composition to Forage Utilization (2018) (0)
- In Memoriam: Peter J. Van Soest (1929–2021) (2022) (0)
- PRODUCTION TECHNICAL NOTES Formulating Dairy Rations with Neutral Detergent Fiber. 1. Effect of Silage Source 1 (1986) (0)
- Ruminant Nutrition : Dairy Cattle (2011) (0)
- Feed a pound of fat strategy to improve productivity of dairy cows (2006) (0)
- Evaluating Starch Digestibility for Lactating Dairy Cows: An Integrated Approach (2012) (0)
- 1638 Data acquisition settings of the Ankom RF system and inocula donors affect in vitro gas production. (2016) (0)
- Effects of naturally contaminated aflatoxin corn in ration on performance and immune response of Holstein heifers. (1980) (0)
- 2008 Southeast Dairy Herd Management Conference Southeast Dairy Herd Management Conference Proceedings Editor an Equal Opportunity Employer/affirmative Action Organization Committed to a Diverse Work Force Table of Contents By-product Feeding for Milk Production ……………………………………………….74 the Importance (0)
- Ruminant Nutrition : Dairy-Digestibility and Microbiology 932 Estimation of energy value of feed and its use in ration formulation (2004) (0)
- Corrigendum to "Shifts in bacterial community composition in the rumen of lactating dairy cows under milk fat-depressing conditions" (J. Dairy Sci. 93:265-278). (2021) (0)
- Alfalfa: Crop for the Future (2005) (0)
- Ruminant Nutrition I (1998) (0)
- UNDERLYING FIBER CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS1 (2015) (0)
- Ruminant Nutrition : Dairy : Intake , Grazing and Supplementation 331 Residual feed intake is repeatable when high and low starch diets are fed to lactating Holstein dairy cows (2013) (0)
- Forages and Pastures : Harvested Forages and Forage Quality (2010) (0)
- Influence of digestion in the rumen on the composition of products. (2001) (0)
- The Role of Forages in Enhancing Food Safety and Quality and a Clean Environment (2001) (0)
- Filtering Manifold for Determining the Fibrous Composition of Feeds (1991) (0)
- Meta analysis of dairy cow responses to dietary forage NDF (2010) (0)
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