Effects of Type and Level of Forage Supplementation on Voluntary Intake, Digestion, Rumen Microbial Protein Synthesis and Growth in Sheep Fed a Basal Diet of Rice Straw and Cassava

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 692-696

  Premaratne, Sujatha ^a   Van Bruchem, J ^a   Chen, X B ^a,c   Perera, H G D ^a   Oosting, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forage Supplementation; Intake; Livestock Performance; Purine Derivatives; Rice Straw

Indexed keywords

GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA MACULATA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; OVIS ARIES; TITHONIA; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 0032355889     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1998.692     Document Type: Article

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