Effects of chestnut tannins and coconut oil on growth performance, methane emission, ruminal fermentation, and microbial populations in sheep

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6069-6077

  Liu, H ^a   Vaddella, V ^b   Zhou, D ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chestnut tannin; Coconut oil; Rumen ecology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; METHANE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY FLUID; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FAGACEAE; FERMENTATION; FIBROBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINOCOCCUS; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DIET; FAGACEAE; FERMENTATION; FIBROBACTER; METHANE; PLANT OILS; RUMEN; RUMINOCOCCUS; SHEEP; TANNINS;

EID: 82155179283     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4508     Document Type: Article

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