Effect of incremental proportions of Desmanthus spp. in isonitrogenous forage diets on growth performance, rumen fermentation and plasma metabolites of pen-fed growing Brahman, Charbray and Droughtmaster crossbred beef steers

• Felista W. Mwangi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Animal Genetics and Nutrition, Veterinary Sciences Discipline, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Benedicte Suybeng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Genetics and Nutrition, Veterinary Sciences Discipline, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-5629

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• Christopher P. Gardiner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Genetics and Nutrition, Veterinary Sciences Discipline, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Robert T. Kinobe,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Genetics and Nutrition, Veterinary Sciences Discipline, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1166-0947

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• Edward Charmley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Private Mail Bag Aitkenvale, Australian Tropical Sciences and Innovation Precinct, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6054-8498

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• Aduli E. O. Malau-Aduli

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aduli.malauaduli@jcu.edu.au

  Affiliation Animal Genetics and Nutrition, Veterinary Sciences Discipline, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3660-7862

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