Supplement strategies for ruminants and management of feeding to maximize utilization of roughages

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Orskov E R ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Cellulose digestion; Ketosis; Supplements

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; KETOACIDOSIS; PH; SHEEP;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETOSIS; SHEEP;

EID: 0033608222     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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