Effect of dietary concentrate to forage ratio on growth performance, rumen fermentation and bacterial diversity of Tibetan sheep under barn feeding on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

This study aimed to research the effects of different dietary concentrate to forage (C:F) ratio on growth performance, rumen fermentation and bacteria diversity of barn feeding Tibetan sheep. The experiment contains fiver treatments (HS1, HS2 HS3, HS4 and HS5; n = 8, respectively) based on dietary C...

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Main Authors: Hongjin Liu, Tianwei Xu, Shixiao Xu, Li Ma, Xueping Han, Xungang Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Linyong Hu, Na Zhao, Yongwei Chen, Li Pi, Xinquan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7462.pdf