Comparison of the digestive ability of crop fluid from the folivorous Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) and cow rumen fluid with seven tropical forages

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 287-296

  Jones, R J ^a   Amado, M A Garcia ^b   Dominguez Bello, M G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Foregut fermentation; Hoatzin; In vitro digestibility; Tanniniferous shrubs

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA BOLIVIANA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; LEUCAENA TRICHANDRA; LEUCOCEPHALA; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 0034739505     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(00)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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