Effects of Corn Processing and Dietary Fiber Source on Feedlot Performance, Visceral Organ Weight, Diet Digestibility, and Nitrogen Metabolism in Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-515

  Hejazi, S ^a   Fluharty, F L ^a   Perley, J E ^b   Loerch, S C ^a   Lowe, G D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fiber; Growth; Maize

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCINE MAX; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP; VISCERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; NITROGEN; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP; VISCERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033088117     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.773507x     Document Type: Article

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