Concentration of indoles and other rumen metabolites in sheep after a meal of fresh white clover, perennial ryegrass or Lotus corniculatus and the appearance of indoles in the blood

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1042-1051

  Schreurs, Nicola M ^a,b   Marotti, Danielle M ^c   Tavendale, Michael H ^a   Lane, Geoffrey A ^a   Barry, Tom N ^b   López Villalobos, Nicolas ^b   McNabb, Warren C ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Indole; Lotus corniculatus; Pastoral flavour; Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne); Rumen; Skatole; White clover (Trifolium repens)

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34247502836     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2804     Document Type: Article

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