Milk production, composition, and milk fatty acid profile from grazing sheep fed diets supplemented with chestnut tannin extract and extruded linseed

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-207

  Buccioni, A ^a   Serra, A ^b   Minieri, S ^a   Mannelli, F ^a   Cappucci, A ^b   Benvenuti, D ^a   Rapaccini, S ^a   Conte, G ^b   Mele, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chestnut tannins; Dairy ewe; Fatty acids; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941172368     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2015.07.021     Document Type: Article

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