Use of cashew and castor essential oils to improve fibre digestibility in high forage diets: digestibility, ruminal fermentation and microbial protein synthesis

High forage diets in the tropics are less efficient and more contaminating due to high energy losses as methane and the low digestibility of tropical forages. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of essential oils (EO) of Anacardium occidentale and Ricinus communis as additives in...

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Main Authors: Roman David Castañeda-Serrano, Olga Teresa Barreto-Cruz, Sabrina Marcantonio Coneglian, Antonio Ferriani Branco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2020-11-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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Online Access:https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/41201