Investigation of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) cultivar differences on nitrogen balance and fecal egg count in artificially infected lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2343-2354

  Azuhnwi, B N ^a,b   Hertzberg, H ^c   Arrigo, Y ^a   Gutzwiller, A ^a   Hess, H D ^a   Mueller Harvey, I ^d   Torgerson, P R ^c   Kreuzer, M ^b   Dohme Meier, F ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin composition; Haemonchus contortus; N balance; Polyethylene glycol; Sainfoin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882658215     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5351     Document Type: Article

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