Effect of feeding Yucca schidigera extract on performance of lactating dairy cows and ruminal fermentation parameters in steers

Livestock Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-32

  Lovett, D K ^a   Stack, L ^a   Lovell, S ^a   Callan, J ^a   Flynn, B ^a   Hawkins, M ^a   O'Mara, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Digestibility; Performance; Rumen fermentation; Yucca schidigera

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; PROTOZOA; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA;

EID: 33744935255     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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