Urea kinetics in wethers exposed to different ambient temperatures at three dietary levels of crude protein

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 795-801

  Sun, Sangsoo ^a   Christopherson, Robert J ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold; Crude Protein; Sheep; Urea Flux; Urea Recycling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BROMUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19744371161     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.795     Document Type: Article

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