The effect of applying sodium fertilizer on the rate of digestion of perennial ryegrass and white clover incubated in rumen liquor, with implications for ruminal tympany in cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Phillips, C J C ^a   Tenlep, S Y N ^a   Pennell, K ^b   Omed, H ^b   Chiy, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frothy bloat; Gas production; Herbage digestibility; Ruminal tympany; Sodium

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FERTILIZER; MINERAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FERMENTATION; GAS; GRASS; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SALIVA; SOLUBILITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGESTION; FABACEAE; FERTILIZERS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; LOLIUM; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RUMEN; SALIVA; SEASONS; SODIUM; STOMACH DISEASES;

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0035175922     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0519     Document Type: Article

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