Effect of sodium bicarbonate supplementation on ruminal microbial populations and metabolism in buffalo calves

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 629-631

  Koul, Vaneeta ^a,b   Kumar, Umesh ^a   Sareen, Vijay Kumar ^a   Singh, Sudarshan ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*

Author keywords

Buffalo; Rumen fermentation; Rumen microbes; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032333131     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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