A review of anti-nutritive factors limiting potential use of Acacia angustissima as a ruminant feed

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 158-171

  McSweeney, C S ^a   Collins, E M C ^a,b   Blackall, L L ^b   Seawright, A A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia angustissima; Bacteria; Detoxification; Non protein amino acid; Rumen; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE;

EID: 53249105431     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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