Plant Extracts as Rumen Modifiers
Published on:
06/16/2011
Author/s :
By C. Kamel, H. R. Kutlu (Çukurova University), and P. W. Cardozo
Introduction
The occurrence of resistance of bacteria strains to related families of in-feed antibiotics, and consequent loss of efficacy of these drugs, as well as legislation restricting nitrogen and methane levels in the environment, have prompted the search for alternatives to conventional growth promoters deemed `natural´ yet efficacious.
A Ph.D. thesis sponsored b...