Digestion and nitrogen conservation in cattle and buffaloes given rice straw with or without molasses
Using [ 14 C]urea, the rates of urea synthesis in the body, excretion in the urine and degradation in the rumen and gut were compared in 20-month-old Kedah-Kelantan cattle and swamp buffaloes at the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Malaysia in 1987. The animals were fed rice straw or straw plus molass...
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Cambridge University Press
1992
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