Studies on untreated and urea-treated rice straw from three cultivation seasons 2. Evaluation of straw quality through in vitro gas production and in sacco degradation measurements

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-212

  Shen, H Sh ^a   Sundstol F ^a   Ni, D B ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Gas production; Morphological fractions; Rice straw; Seasons; Urea treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013092439     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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