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Effect of zeolite nutrition on rumen ecosystem in dairy cow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

G Moghaddam
Affiliation:
Dep of Animal science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
A. Taghizadeh
Affiliation:
Dep of Animal science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Feeding dairy cows diet formulation by zeolite has been reported improved the efficiency of milk yield (Roussel, 1992). Lupez et al (1992) reported that efficiency of ion exchange in rumen was improved When animals fed with diets containing zeolite. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of zeolite concentration on rumen pH, liquid smell, bacterial flora, protozoa number, methylene blue reduction time and the sedimentation and flotation period.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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