Cow Faeces in in vitro Digestibility Assays of Forages

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Akhter, S ^a   Hossain, M M ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cow faeces; Forage; In vitro Digestibility

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032394943     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1998.51     Document Type: Article

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