Observations onrumen ammonia metabolism in lactating dairy cows
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 95 (1), 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600029518
Abstract
A number of attempts have been made, notably by workers in Australia (Nolan, 1975; Pilgrim et al. 1970) and Canada (Mathison & Milligan, 1971; Kennedy & Milligan, 1978a, b) to trace the metabolism of rumen ammonia-N in sheep.Keywords
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