Rumen development and growth of Balouchi lambs offered alfalfa hay pre-and post-weaning

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1169-1174

  Norouzian, Mohammad Ali ^a   Valizadeh, Reza ^b   Vahmani, Payam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa hay; Balouchi lamb; Rumen development

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID;

AGING; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79958847640     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9819-z     Document Type: Article

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