Effects of dietary copper on ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility and fibre characteristics in cashmere goats

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1843-1848

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Runlian ^a,b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^a   Kleemann, David O ^a,c   Yue, Chunwang ^a   Jia, Zhihai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cashmere fibre characteristics; Copper; Nutrient digestibility; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 38049155604     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.1843     Document Type: Article

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