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Predicting Fiber Digestion in Dairy Cattle

David Combs explains the importance of the digestibility of foraged plants for cattle.

Aired 05/13/2014 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Predicting Fiber Digestion in Dairy Cattle

Special | 1h 7m 8sVideo has Closed Captions

David Combs explains the importance of the digestibility of foraged plants for cattle.

David Combs, Professor, Department of Dairy Science, UW-Madison, explains the importance of the fiber digestibility of foraged plants as feed for cattle and sheep. Combs discusses an in vitro method to predict the rate and extent of fiber digestion that greatly improves the ability to predict how ruminants will perform on forages.

Aired 05/13/2014 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Predicting Fiber Digestion in Dairy Cattle

Special | 1h 7m 8sVideo has Closed Captions

David Combs, Professor, Department of Dairy Science, UW-Madison, explains the importance of the fiber digestibility of foraged plants as feed for cattle and sheep. Combs discusses an in vitro method to predict the rate and extent of fiber digestion that greatly improves the ability to predict how ruminants will perform on forages.

Aired 05/13/2014 | Rating TV-G

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