Effect of supplementation containing polyethylene glycol (PEG)-6000 on intake, rumen fermentation pattern and growth in kids fed foliage of Prosopis cineraria

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Bhatta, Raghavendra ^a,b   Shinde, A K ^a   Verma, D L ^a   Sankhyan, S K ^a   Vaithiyanathan, S ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL NUTRITION AND PHYSIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Goats; Growth; PEG 6000; Prosopis cineraria; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CINERARIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA;

EID: 1542350994     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00222-0     Document Type: Article

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