Metabolizable energy of roughage in Taiwan

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-259

  Lee, Mei Ju ^a   Hwang, Sen Yuan ^a   Chiou, Peter Wen Shyg ^b  

^a Taiwan Livestock Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gas production; In vitro method; Metabolizable energy; Roughage

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FORAGE CROP; GAS PRODUCTION; GOAT; GRASS; HAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAIZE; ROUGHAGE; SILAGE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034028449     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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