Effects of malic acid on rumen fermentation, urinary excretion of purine derivatives and feed digestibility in steers

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-39

  Liu, Q ^a   Wang, C ^a   Yang, W Z ^a,b   Dong, Q ^a   Dong, K H ^a   Huang, Y X ^a   Yang, X M ^c   He, D C ^c  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Digestibility; Malic acid; Purine derivatives; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57649138496     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003364     Document Type: Article

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