Description of gas production profiles with a three-phasic model

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 31-45

  Cone, John W ^a   Van Gelder, Antonie H ^a   Driehuis, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Gas production; In vitro; Modelling; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003102412     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(96)01147-9     Document Type: Article

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