Relationships between patterns of rumen fermentation measured in sheep and in situ degradability and the in vitro gas production profile of the diet

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 31-44

  Rymer, C ^a   Givens, D I ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas production; Rumen environment; SCFA profile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037174706     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00215-8     Document Type: Article

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