Mineral metabolism of sheep fed saltbush or a formulated high-salt diet

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Mayberry, Dianne ^a,b,c   Masters, David ^a,c   Vercoe, Philip ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mineral absorption; Mineral deficiency; Mineral digestion; Saltbush; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; OVIS ARIES; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 77953130567     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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