Amino Acid and Energy Interrelationships in Growing Beef Steers: I. The Effect of Level of Feed Intake on Ruminal Characteristics and Intestinal Amino Acid Flows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2550-2560

  Ludden, P A ^a   Kerley, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Feed Intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; COTTON SEED OIL; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; DUODENUM; EATING; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILEUM; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COTTONSEED OIL; DIET; DIGESTION; DUODENUM; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ILEUM; MALE; NITROGEN; RUMEN; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031227618     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7592550x     Document Type: Article

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