Supplementation of graded levels of Desmodium intortum hay to sheep feeding on maize stover harvested at three stages of maturity. 2. Rumen fermentation and nitrogen metabolism

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 215-229

  Tolera, Adugna ^a,b   Sundstøl, Frik ^b  

^a Awassa College of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Desmodium intortum; Maize stover; Nitrogen retention; Purine derivatives; Rumen ammonia; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANIMAL FOOD; BUTYRIC ACID; CULTIVAR; FERMENTATION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMALIA; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM INTORTUM; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034739509     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(00)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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