Effect of feeding yeast culture (Yea-sacc1026) on rumen fermentation in vitro and production performance in crossbred dairy cows

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-256

  Kamalamma, ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, U ^a   Krishnappa, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Technical Education   (India)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Rumen fermentation; Yeast culture

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0041049157     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8401(95)00829-2     Document Type: Article

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