Performance of crossbred cattle fed solely on chopped green sugarcane tops and supplemented with concentrate mixture or urea molasses liquid diet

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1061-1065

  Gendley, M K ^a,b   Singh, P ^a,b   Garg, A K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b A N Division   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle; Digestibility of nutrients; Intake; Rumen parameters; Sugarcane tops

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; MOLASSES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; UREA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREED; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; LIQUID; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; RANDOMIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SUGARCANE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0346335810     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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