Effect of Feeding Urea and Acetic Acid Treated Wheat Straw on the Digestibility of Nutrients in Adult Male Murrah Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1690-1695

  Mehra, Usha R ^a   Dass, R S ^a   Verma, A K ^a   Sahu, D S ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic Acid; Murrah Buffaloes; Nitrogen; Urea; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035621311     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1690     Document Type: Article

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