The effects of feeding sericea lespedeza hay on growth rate of goats naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2328-2337

  Moore, D A ^a   Terrill, T H ^a   Kouakou, B ^a   Shaik, S A ^a   Mosjidis, J A ^b   Miller, J E ^c   Vanguru, M ^a   Kannan, G ^a   Burke, J M ^d  

^a FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematode; Goat; Growth; Sericea lespedeza

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOCRIT; LESPEDEZA; MALE; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMATOCRIT; LESPEDEZA; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA CUNEATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 52649151283     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0411     Document Type: Article

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