Influence of different supplements and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) cultivars on intake, digestible variables and methane production of dairy heifers under tropical conditions

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1773-1778

  dos Santos Pedreira, Márcio ^a   Berchelli, Telma Teresinha ^b   Primavesi, Odo ^c   de Oliveira, Simone Gisele ^d   Frighetto, Rosa ^c   de Lima, Magda Aparecida ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energetic efficiency; Greenhouse gases; Soluble carbohydrate; Sulphur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUGARCANE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHANE; SACCHARUM; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 84866151461     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0136-y     Document Type: Article

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