Digestion, ruminal fermentation, ciliate protozoal populations, and milk production from dairy cows fed cinnamaldehyde, quebracho condensed tannin, or Yucca schidigera saponin extracts

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4765-4777

  Benchaar, C ^a   McAllister, T A ^b   Chouinard, P Y ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; In vivo; Plant extract; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

BOS; CILIOPHORA; GLYCINE MAX; ISOTRICHA; PROTOZOA; SCHINOPSIS BALANSAE; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57749091348     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1338     Document Type: Article

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