Carbohydrate and Urea Influences on in Vitro Deer Forage Digestibility
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 43 (3) , 650-656
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3808743
Abstract
The influence of carbohydrate and N on the digestibility of 7 natural winter forages by white-tailed deer (O. virginianus) was determined by an in vitro technique. Carbohydrate additions increased the in vitro dry matter disappearance (IVDMD) of 5 forages, urea increased IVDMD of 2, and the combination of carbohydrate and urea increased IVDMD of 3. The need for furnishing the limiting component in winter diets of white-tailed deer was emphasized.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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