Direct-fed microbes: A tool for improving the utilization of low quality roughages in ruminants

For many years, ruminant nutritionists and microbiologists have been interested in manipulating the microbial ecosystem of the rumen to improve production efficiency of different ruminant species. Removal and restriction of antibiotics sub-therapeutic uses from ruminant diets has amplified interest...

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Main Authors: Mona M Y Elghandour, Abdelfattah Z M Salem, Jose S Martínez Castañeda, Luis M Camacho, Ahmed E Kholif, Juan C Vázquez Chagoyán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311914608340