Effects of cooked molasses blocks and fermentation extract or brown seaweed meal inclusion on intake, digestion, and microbial efficiency in steers fed low-quality hay

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2938-2945

  Leupp, J L ^a   Caton, J S ^a,b   Soto Navarro, S A ^a,c   Lardy, G P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 185 Hultz Hall ^*

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown Seaweed Meal; Cattle; Cooked Molasses Block; Digestion; Fermentation Extract; Low Quality Hay

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BOS TAURUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 33646010026     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83122938x     Document Type: Article

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