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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
4915
World Ranking
2383
National Ranking
85

Best Publications

  • The estimation of the digestibility and metabolizable energy content of ruminant feedingstuffs from the gas production when they are incubated with rumen liquor <i>in vitro</i>

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  • Modeling the Adequacy of Dietary Fiber in Dairy Cows Based on the Responses of Ruminal pH and Milk Fat Production to Composition of the Diet

    Q. Zebeli;J. Dijkstra;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass

  • Effects of Physically Effective Fiber on Digestive Processes and Milk Fat Content in Early Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Total Mixed Rations

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;H. Steingass;B. Metzler

  • Balancing diets for physically effective fibre and ruminally degradable starch: A key to lower the risk of sub-acute rumen acidosis and improve productivity of dairy cattle☆

    Q. Zebeli;Q. Zebeli;D. Mansmann;D. Mansmann;H. Steingass;B.N. Ametaj

  • Laboratory variation of 24 h in vitro gas production and estimated metabolizable energy values of ruminant feeds

    G Getachew;G.M Crovetto;M Fondevila;U Krishnamoorthy

  • Effects of varying dietary forage particle size in two concentrate levels on chewing activity, ruminal mat characteristics, and passage in dairy cows.

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;I. Weber;J. Dijkstra

  • A meta-analysis examining effects of particle size of total mixed rations on intake, rumen digestion and milk production in high-yielding dairy cows in early lactation

    M. Tafaj;Q. Zebeli;Ch. Baes;H. Steingass

  • Energy and protein evaluation of tropical feedstuffs for whole tract and ruminal digestion by chemical analyses and rumen inoculum studies in vitro

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  • Variability in nutrient composition and in vitro crude protein digestibility of 16 microalgae products.

    Katharina Judith Wild;Herbert Steingaß;Markus Rodehutscord

  • A comparative study on rumen fermentation of energy supplements <i>in vitro</i>

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  • Digesta characteristics of dorsal, middle and ventral rumen of cows fed with different hay qualities and concentrate levels

    M Tafaj;B Junck;Anja Maulbetsch;H Steingass

  • Effect of roughage level in a total mixed ration on feed intake, ruminal fermentation patterns and chewing activity of early-weaned calves with ad libitum access to grass hay

    Caroline van Ackeren;Herbert Steingaß;Karin Hartung;Rainer Funk

  • Energy requirements of cattle for standing and for ingestion, estimated by a ruminal emptying technique

    A. Susenbeth;T. Dickel;K.-H. Südekum;W. Drochner

  • Effects of elevation and season on nutrient composition of leaves and green pods of Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera

    Aberra Melesse;H. Steingass;J. Boguhn;M. Schollenberger

  • Effects of different tannin-rich extracts and rapeseed tannin monomers on methane formation and microbial protein synthesis in vitro.

    G. Wischer;J. Boguhn;H. Steingaß;M. Schollenberger

  • Influence of Fiber Content and Concentrate Level on Chewing Activity, Ruminal Digestion, Digesta Passage Rate and Nutrient Digestibility in Dairy Cows in Late Lactation

    M. Tafaj;V. Kolaneci;B. Junck;A. Maulbetsch

  • Effects of Energy Intake on Performance, Mobilization and Retention of Body Tissue, and Metabolic Parameters in Dairy Cows with Special Regard to Effects of Pre-partum Nutrition on Lactation - A Review -

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  • Effects of dietary forage particle size and concentrate level on fermentation profile, in vitro degradation characteristics and concentration of liquid- or solid-associated bacterial mass in the rumen of dairy cows

    Q. Zebeli;M. Tafaj;I. Weber;H. Steingass

  • In situ and in vitro ruminal starch degradation of grains from different rye, triticale and barley genotypes.

    J. Krieg;N. Seifried;H. Steingass;M. Rodehutscord

  • Chemical composition and nutritional characteristics for ruminants of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris obtained using different cultivation conditions

    Katharina Judith Wild;Andreas Trautmann;Mirco Katzenmeyer;Herbert Steingaß

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