The effect of formaldehyde treatment of the forage portion of the diet, the addition of branched-chain volatile fatty acids and/or sulphur on the utilization of nitrogen and carbohydrate by sheep
Formaldehyde treatment of dietary protein to reduce its degradation in the rumen has been reported to be beneficial in some instances. Four levels of formaldehyde (0.0%, 0.8%, 1.0% and 1.2% on an air dry basis) were applied to a dehydrated and hammermilled grass-clover forage. In vitro nitrogen dig...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/21292 |