Urea in Dry-Rolled Corn Diets: Finishing Steer Performance, Nutrient Digestion, and Microbial Protein Production

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1415-1424

  Milton, C T ^a   Brandt Jr , R T ^a,b   Titgemeyer, E C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Feeding; Digestion; Growth; Urea

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DUODENUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUODENUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MEAT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; UREA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031132483     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7551415x     Document Type: Article

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