Eating Behaviour, VFA Production, Passage Rate and Nutrient Digestibilities in Cattle Fed on Wheat Straw Supplemented with Different Levels of Berseem

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1040-1048

  Das, A ^a,c   Singh, G P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON CAMEL   (India)

^c ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Berseem; Cattle; Eating Behaviour; Supplementation; VFA Production; Wheat Straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033449560     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.1040     Document Type: Article

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