INFLUENCE OF SODIUM BICARBONATE SUPPLEMENTATION ON NUTRIENTS DIGESTIBILITY, MILK PRODUCTION, RUMEN FERMENTATION AND SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS IN SHEEP

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• M. M. Farghaly ¹
• E. H. Hassan ²
• S. G. Abdo ²

¹ Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

² Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University Assiut, Egypt

Keywords

• sodium bicarbonate
• ewes
• sheep
• milk yield
• milk composition
• nutrient digestibility
• rumen fermentation
• blood parameters