Use of urea-molasses mineral blocks in lambs fed with straw

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-220

  Unal Y ^a   Kaya, I ^a   Oncuer A ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barley straw; Digestibility; Lamb; Urea molasses block; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FATTY ACID; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAMB; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RUMINANT STOMACH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 17844403474     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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