Effect of Urea-Molasses Cake Supplementation of Swamp Buffaloes Fed Rice Straw or Grasses on Rumen Environment, Feed Degradation and Intake

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 631-639

  Van Thu, Nguyen ^a   Udén, Peter ^a,b  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feed Degradation; Grasses; Intake; Rice Straw; Rumen Environment; Swamp Buffaloes; Urea Molasses Cake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346491510     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.631     Document Type: Article

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