Dietary fatty acid increases body weight gain without a change in rumen fermentation in fattening cattle

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  Kita, K ^a   Oka, M ^a   Yokota, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body Weight Gain; Dietary Fatty Acid; Fattening Cattle; Plasma Lipids; Rumen Fermentation

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0037251475     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.39     Document Type: Article

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