Optimizing the adaptation rate of feedlot steers dosed with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 and fed high starch diets
Rumen acidosis is a common problem under feedlot conditions where cattle change from a roughage-based to a high concentrate-based diet. It is associated with an imbalance between lactic acid producing and lactic acid utilizing bacteria. Megasphaera eldenii is an important lactic acid utilizing bacte...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29035 Campbell, AA 2010, Optimizing the adaptation rate of feedlot steers dosed with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 and fed high starch diets, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29035 > http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10252010-171426/ |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29035Campbell, AA 2010, Optimizing the adaptation rate of feedlot steers dosed with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 and fed high starch diets, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29035 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10252010-171426/