Effects of supplemental fat source on nutrient digestion and ruminal fermentation in steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 640-650

  Montgomery, S P ^a   Drouillard, J S ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a   Titgemeyer, E C ^a   Sindt, J J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fatty acid; Finishing diet; Nutrient; Steer

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATHETERIZATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; FAT INTAKE; FERMENTATION; FUSOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FUSOBACTERIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; MALE; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40949114690     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-812     Document Type: Article

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