Abstract:The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the association between different feed additives on ruminal fermentation parameters especially ruminal methane on cannulated beef cattle. Five Nellore cows, 480 ± 55 kg, ruminally cannulated were used. The experimental was a 5 x 5 Latin square design and the experimental unit was the animal within each period (n = 25 experimental units). The diets offered differed only by the inclusion or not of monensin, calcium nitrate or tannin, totaling five treatments: Cont… Show more
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