Effects of feeding Yucca schidigera extract in diets varying in crude protein and urea contents on growth performance and cecum and blood urea and ammonia concentrations of rabbits

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Hussain, I ^a,b   Ismail, A M ^a,c   Cheeke, P R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cecum; Diet; Rabbit; Yucca

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; YUCCA; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA;

EID: 0000349319     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(96)00990-X     Document Type: Article

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