Effect of defaunation on utilisation of poor quality tropical feed by sheep
There are conflicting Reports in the literature about the benefits of defaunation, the removal of ciliate protozoa from the rumen, in ruminant production. Ciliate protozoa are not essential for proper functioning of the rumen nor for the life of the host and that their contribution to microbial prot...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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British Society of Animal Science
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50433 |
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