Altered milk yield and rumen microbial abundance in response to concentrate supplementation during the cold season in Tibetan sheep

Background: Weight loss and decline of milk yield in Tibetan sheep was a challenge for the dairy industry in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which were considered to be caused by underfeeding of the sheep during the harsh winter. The objective of this study was to assess the role of feed supplementation in t...

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Main Authors: Lin-Sheng Gui, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Fathi Allam Easa Ahmed Allam, Li Zhou, Shengzhen Hou, Imran Khan, Ihsan Ullah Kakar, Ayman Hassan Abd El-Aziz, Jianlei Jia, Yonggang Sun, Zhiyou Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345821000348