In vitro digestibility of forages as influenced by source of inoculum (sheep rumen versus Rusitec fermenters) and diet of the donor sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-51

  Tejido, M L ^a   Ranilla, M J ^a   Carro, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial rumen; Forage:concentrate ratio; Forages; In vitro digestibility; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ERICA ARBOREA; JONES; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037166139     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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