Effects of supplementary probiotics to two different diets on dry matter intake, daily gain, digestibility, ruminal pH, and fecal microbial populations and metabolites in ewes

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Kumagai, Hajime ^a   Kumagae, Shuichiro ^a   Mitani, Katsunosuke ^a   Endo, Tsuyoshi ^b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Earth Giken   (Japan)

^c Kisco Foods   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Ewe; Fecal microbial metabolites; Fecal microbial population; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BOVIDAE; OVIS;

EID: 3042703228     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2004.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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