Effects of vitamin E and selenium on some rumen parameters in lambs

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-456

  Naziroglu, M ^a   Aksakal, M ^a   Cay, M ^a   Celik, S ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Rumen protozoa; Selenium; Vitamin E; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMMONIA; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PROTOZOON; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; PROTOZOA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SELENIUM; SHEEP; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031311477     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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