The Role of Rumen Fungi in Fibre Digestion

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-112

  Ho, Y W ^a   Abdullah, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Diet; Fiber Digestion; Plant Cells; Review; Rumen Fungi

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033475671     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.104     Document Type: Review

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