Ruminal fermentation of mixed diets supplemented with St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) flowers and pine (Pinus mugo) oil or mixtures containing these preparations

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-362

  Soliva, C R ^a   Widmer, S ^b   Kreuzer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INFORAMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Hypericin; Microorganisms; Ruminal fermentation; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 54949105108     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/66616/2008     Document Type: Article

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