Effect of particle size of corn grains on the release of nutrients and in sacco degradability

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Wadhwa, M ^a   Paul, Dharam ^a,b   Kataria, P ^a   Bakshi, M P S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Godrej Agrovet   (India)

Author keywords

Corn grain; In sacco degradation kinetics; Particle size; Release of nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002566708     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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