Effect of feeding pasture-finished cattle different conserved forages on Escherichia coli in the rumen and faeces

Meat Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-106

  Jacobson, Laura H ^a   Nagle, Tanya A ^a   Gregory, Neville G ^b   Graham Bell, R ^a   Le Roux, Guillaume ^a   Haines, Joanne M ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coumarins; Diets; E. coli; Faeces; Rumen; Volatile fatty acids; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

PASTURE-FINISHED HEIFERS;

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

MEATS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035997745     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00233-9     Document Type: Article

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