%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Supplementation of Piper sarmentosum Leaf Powder on Feed Efficiency, Rumen Ecology and Rumen Protozoal Concentration in Thai Native Beef Cattle
%A Benjamad Khonkhaeng
%A Metha Wanapat
%A Nirawan Gunun
%A Pin Chanjula
%A Pongsatorn Gunun
%A Sineenart Polyorach
%A Suban Foiklang
%J Archive of "Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI".
%D 2019
%R 10.3390/ani9040130
%X This work was to study the influence of Piper sarmentosum (PS) leaf powder supplementation in cattle diet. It was found that supplementation of PS leaf powder at 2.4 g/d resulted in improving total feed intake and dry matter (DM) digestibility whereas there was reduced protozoal population and methane (CH4) production in cattle
%K tropical plant
%K rumen ecology
%K methane
%K ruminant
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6523225/