Effect of Dietary Concentrate on Fungal Zoosporogenesis in Sheep Rumen

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Matsui, H ^a,b   Ushida, K ^a   Kojima, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STAFF Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar Strip; Anaerobic Rumen Fungi; Dietary Concentrate; Fungal Population Size; Zoosporogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; OVIS ARIES; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0031316462     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1997.599     Document Type: Article

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