Associations of rumen parameters with feed efficiency and sampling routine in beef cattle

Characterizing ruminal parameters in the context of sampling routine and feed efficiency is fundamental to understand the efficiency of feed utilization in the bovine. Therefore, we evaluated microbial and volatile fatty acid (VFA) profiles, rumen papillae epithelial and stratum corneum thickness an...

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Main Authors: S. Lam, J.C. Munro, M. Zhou, L.L. Guan, F.S. Schenkel, M.A. Steele, S.P. Miller, Y.R. Montanholi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117002750