Effect of supplementing lactic acid bacteria on the performance of female cattle calves fed grain based or grainless concentrate mixture

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 789-793

  Das, K C ^a,b   Kamra, D N ^a   Pathak, N N ^a,c  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES   (India)

Author keywords

Calves; Cattle; Diet; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GRAIN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0036770909     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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