Effect of yeast culture supplement on ruminal microbial populations and metabolism in buffalo calves fed a high roughage diet

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Kumar, Umesh ^a   Sareen, Vijay K ^a   Singh, Sudarshan ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

buffalo; rumen fermentation; rumen microbes; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; yeast culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031003057     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199702)73:2<231::AID-JSFA710>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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