Effects of tea saponins on in vitro ruminal fermentation and growth performance in growing Boer goat

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Hu, Weilian ^a,b   Liu, Jianxin ^a   Wu, Yueming ^a   Guo, Yanqiu ^a   Ye, Junan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boer goats; Fermentation; Growth performance; Rumen; Saponins; Tea

Indexed keywords

SAPONIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; TEA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROTOZOA; RUMEN; SAPONINS; TEA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 30944445978     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390500353119     Document Type: Article

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