The biodegradation of wheat straw by Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms and its use in cattle feeding

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Adamovic M ^a   Grubic G ^b   Milenković, Ivanka ^c   Jovanovic R ^a   Protic R ^a   Sretenović, Ljiljana ^a   Stoicevic Lj ^a  

^a PKB INI Agroekonomik   (Yugoslavia)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Yugoslavia)

^c HK Agroekonomik   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Cattle feeding; Cell wall components; Degradation; Enzymes; Mushroom mycelium; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000970049     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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