Seasonal changes in digestibility, passage rate and rumen fermentation of alfalfa hay in sika deer (Cervus nippon) under restricted feeding

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Asano, Sanae ^a   Ikeda, Shoshichi ^b   Kurokawa, Yuzo ^a   Kanda, Shuhei ^a   Itabashi, Hisao ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Passage rate; Rumen fermentation; Seasonality; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33846131635     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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