Influence of foliage from African multipurpose trees on activity of rumen protozoa and bacteria

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-249

  Newbold, C J ^c   El Hassan, S M ^c   Wang, J ^a,c   Ortega, M E ^b,c   Wallace, R J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Institucion Ensenanze E Invest C ^*  (Mexico)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defaunation; Protozoa; Rumen

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTOZOON; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; TREE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; PROTOZOA; RUMEN; SHEEP; TREES;

ACACIA ANEURA; ANEURA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUM; CHAMAECYTISUS; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; FLINDERSIA MACULOSA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; SESBANIA SESBAN; VERNONIA;

EID: 0343852704     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970143     Document Type: Article

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