Garlic oil and its principal component diallyl disulfide fail to mitigate methane, but improve digestibility in sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 356-363

  Klevenhusen, F ^a   Zeitz, J O ^a   Duval, S ^b   Kreuzer, M ^a   Soliva, C R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diallyl disulfide; Garlic oil; Methane; Rumen; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79958767111     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.071     Document Type: Article

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