Urea treated corncobs ensiled with or without additives for buffaloes: Ruminal characteristics, digestibility and nitrogen metabolism

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 705-712

  Khan, M A ^a   Iqbal, Z ^a,b   Sarwar, M ^a,b   Nisa, M ^a,b   Khan, M S ^a,b   Lee, W S ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Kim, H S ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corncobs; Digestibility; Fermentable Carbohydrates; Nitrogen Utilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUBALUS;

EID: 33745500850     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.705     Document Type: Article

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