A note on the effects of dietary inclusion of a yeast culture on growth and ruminal metabolism of lambs given diets containing unground pelleted molassed dried sugar-beet pulp and barley in various proportions

Animal Production

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 147-150

  Rouzbehan, Y ^a   Galbraith, H ^b   Rooke, J A ^c   Perrott, J G ^d  

^a School of Agriculture Food and Rural Development   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Trident Feeds   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

growth; lambs; rumen fermentation; sugar beet pulp; yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971955097     PISSN: 00033561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003356100007601     Document Type: Article

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