Ruminal and total tract digestibilities in steers fed diets containing liquefied or prilled saturated fatty acids

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1930-1939

  Elizalde, J C ^a,b   Aldrich, C G ^a,c   Lacount, D W ^a,d   Drackley, J K ^a   Merchen, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

^d Land O'Lakes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fatty acids; Rumen fermentation; Steers

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DUODENUM; FAT INTAKE; MALE; METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; DUODENUM; FATTY ACIDS; MALE; RUMEN;

EID: 0033160369     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7771930x     Document Type: Article

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