Chemical composition, in situ ruminal degradability and post-ruminal disappearance of dry matter and crude protein from the halophytic plants Kochia scoparia, Atriplex dimorphostegia, Suaeda arcuata and Gamanthus gamacarpus

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-219

  Riasi, A ^a   Danesh Mesgaran, M ^a   Stern, M D ^b   Ruiz Moreno, M J ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Degradability; Halophytic plants

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX DIMORPHOSTEGIA; BASSIA SCOPARIA; KOCHIA; SCOPARIA; SUAEDA; SUAEDA ARCUATA;

EID: 39749169779     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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