A new tool for evaluating forages

dc.contributor.author	Harbers, L.H.
dc.contributor.author	Brazle, F.K.
dc.contributor.author	Owensby, C.E.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-04T19:30:47Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-04T19:30:47Z
dc.date.issued	2011-03-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7905
dc.description	What's Ahead for Cattlemen? is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1977	en
dc.description.abstract	The scanning electron microscope has been used to observe the digestion of alfalfa hay and warm- and cool-season grasses. Photomicrographs show that leaves of all species are digested by bacteria and protozoa attacking either the upper part of the leaf or exposed edges; lower leaf surfaces are never attacked. Intake of a forage depends on how rapidly rumen bacteria and protozoa can enter the upper leaf surface and digest underlying material (mesophyll) leaving most of the highly lignified nutrient-carrying vessels (vascular tissue) undigested.	en_US
dc.publisher	Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 291	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cattlemen’s Day, 1977	en_US
dc.subject	Beef	en_US
dc.subject	Intake	en_US
dc.subject	Alfalfa hay	en_US
dc.subject	Forage	en_US
dc.title	A new tool for evaluating forages	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US
dc.date.published	1977	en_US
dc.citation.epage	39	en_US
dc.citation.spage	37	en_US
dc.description.conference	Cattlemen's Day, 1977, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1977	en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid	owensby	en_US