The Requirement of Ruminal Degradable Protein for Non-Structural Carbohydrate-Fermenting Microbes and Its Reaction with Dilution Rate in Continuous Culturea

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1399-1406

  Meng, Q X ^a   Xia, Z G ^a   Kerley, M S ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Culture; Dilution Rate; Rumen Microbial Growth; Ruminal Degradable Protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034404373     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1399     Document Type: Article

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