Nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation characteristic in swamp buffaloes fed on chemically treated rice straw and urea

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-636

  Nguyen, Vinh Thi ^a   Wanapat, Metha ^a   Khejornsart, Pichad ^a   Kongmun, Phongthorn ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Real time PCR; Rice straw; Rumen fermentation; Treated rice straw; Urea

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; OXIDE; RNA 16S; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; EUKARYOTE; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; RUMINANT STOMACH; THAILAND;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BUFFALOES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EUKARYOTA; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; THAILAND; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUBALUS; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 84856707419     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9946-6     Document Type: Article

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