Chemical composition, biological effects of tannin and in vitro nutritive value of selected browse species grown in the West Australian Mediterranean environment

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 203-215

  Kumara Mahipala, M B P ^a,d,e   Krebs, G L ^b,d   McCafferty, P ^c,d   Gunaratne, L H P ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

^d Rural Industrial and Development Corporation   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chemical and mineral composition; Digestibility; Metabolizable energy; Phenolics; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX AMNICOLA; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; AVENA SATIVA; BOVIDAE; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; OVIS ARIES; RHAGODIA EREMAEA;

EID: 69349089811     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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