Document Type
Report
Report Number
A.S. Series 67-19
Publication Date
1967
Summary
Several sources of nonorotein nitrogen, including urea and nitrate, are known to be utilized by rumen microbes for protein synthesis after conversion to a common intermediate, ammonia. This has led to the speculation that the presence of urea may result in a decrease in the utilization of nitrate or its reduction products, thereby increasing the apparent toxicity of nitrate.
The experiments reported herein were ccnducted to determine if measurable urea-nitrate interrelationahios exist in sheep under feedlot conditions, and the extent of nitrogen utilization from urea and nitrate by sheep fed rations containing otherwise suboptimum quantities of crude protein.
Number of Pages
7
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1967 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Hoar, D. W.; Embry, L. B.; King, H. R.; and Emerick, R. J., "Urea and Nitrate Interrelationships in Sheep Under Feedlot Conditions" (1967). South Dakota Sheep Field Day Research Reports, 1967. 2.
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