Carbohydrate fermentation and nitrogen metabolism of a finishing beef diet by ruminal microbes in continuous cultures as affected by ethoxyquin and(or) supplementation of monensin and tylosin

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1117-1123

  Han, H ^a   Hussein, H S ^a,d   Glimp, H A ^a   Saylor, D H ^b   Greene, L W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Solutia Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethoxyquin; Nitrogen Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHOXYQUIN; FATTY ACID; IONOPHORE; MONENSIN; NITROGEN; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHOXYQUIN; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FERMENTATION; IONOPHORES; MALE; MONENSIN; NITROGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; TYLOSIN;

EID: 0036548397     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8041117x     Document Type: Article

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