Influence of replacing rice straw with wormwood (Artemisia montana) silage on feed intake, digestibility and ruminal fermentation characteristics of sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Kim, S C ^a,b   Adesogan, A T ^a   Kim, J H ^b   Ko, Y D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Microbial N; Rumen fermentation; Sheep; Wormwood silage

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646153286     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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