The effects of amount of whole barley, barley bulk density, and form of roughage on feedlot lamb performance, carcass characteristics, and digesta kinetics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3353-3366

  Hatfield, Patrick G ^a   Hopkins, Julie A ^b   Pritchard, Geoff T ^c   Hunt, Carl W ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Feeds; Grain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0031308501     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75123353x     Document Type: Article

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