An in vitro evaluation of some unconventional ruminant feeds in terms of the organic matter digestibility, energy and microbial biomass

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-167

  Al Masri, M R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Browse; Digestibility; Gas production; Microbial mass; Nutrition; Olive cake; Range plants; Ruminal fluid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ATRIPLEX; BIOMASS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; GASES; GASTRIC JUICE; MALE; MORINGA; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; TRITICUM;

ALHAGI; ALHAGI CAMELORUM; ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX LEUCOCLADA; BOVIDAE; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PROSOPIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037386980     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022877603010     Document Type: Article

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