Effluent and Aerobic Stability of Cellulase and LAB-Treated Silage of Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum)

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1063-1067

  Zhang, J ^a,b   Kumai, S ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic Stability; Cellulase; Lactic Acid Bacteria; Napier Grass; Silage Effluent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034402807     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1063     Document Type: Article

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