Ruminal fermentation kinetics in ewes offered a maize stover basal diet supplemented with cowpea hay, groundnut hay, cotton seed meal or maize meal

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-230

  Chakeredza, S ^a,b   Ter Meulen, U ^b   Ndlovu, L R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Henderson Research Station Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cotton seed meal; Cowpea hay; Groundnut hay; Maize meal; Maize stover; Nutrition; Ruminal parameters; Sheep; Supplement; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FEED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; RUMEN; SHEEP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZEA MAYS; ZIMBABWE; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

AMMONIA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PH; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STANDARD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035986655     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015230608630     Document Type: Article

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