By-product feeds for meat goats: Effects on digestibility, ruminal environment, and carcass characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1752-1758

  Moore, J A ^a   Poore, M H ^a   Luginbuhl, J M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass Quality; Corn Gluten Feed; Digestibility; Goats; Soybean Husks; Wheat Milling Residues

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; DACTYLIS; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

GLUTEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DIGESTION; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; RUMINANT STOMACH; SOYBEAN; STANDARDS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WHEAT; ARTICLE; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GLUTENS; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; RUMEN; SOYBEANS; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; GLUTEN;

EID: 0036653038     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8071752x     Document Type: Article

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