Feeding Value of Ammoniated Rice Straw Supplemented with Rice Bran in Sheep : I. Effects on Digestibility, Nitrogen Retention and Microbial Protein Yield

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 490-496

  Orden, E A ^a   Yamaki, K ^a   Ichinohe, T ^a   Fujihara, T ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammoniated Rice Straw (ARS); In Vivo Digestibility; Microbial Nitrogen Yield; Nitrogen Balance; Untreated Rice Straw (URS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034420915     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.490     Document Type: Article

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