Individuality of ruminal methanogen/protozoa populations in beef cattle fed diets containing dried distillers' grain with solubles

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 273-288

  Zhou, M ^a   Hunerberg M ^a,b   Beauchemin, K A ^b   McAllister, T A ^b   Okine, E K ^a   Guan, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dried distillers' grain; methane; methanogen; protozoa; rumen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879610749     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2013.788206     Document Type: Article

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