Methane production and energy partition of cattle in the tropics

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Kurihara, M ^a,b   Magner, T ^a   Hunter, R A ^a   McCrabb, G J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methane production; Ruminant; Tropical forage diet

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GRAIN; GRASS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CHLORIS GAYANA; DICANTHIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0032952589     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000422     Document Type: Article

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