Comparative in vitro evaluation of forage legumes (prosopis, acacia, atriplex, and leucaena) on ruminal fermentation and methanogenesis

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 759-772

  Soltan, Y A ^a,b   Morsy, A S ^a,c   Sallam, S M A ^b   Louvandini, H ^a   Abdalla, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

In vitro; Methane; Rumen fermentation; Ruminants; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; BOVIDAE; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 84873813784     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/66148/2012     Document Type: Article

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