NDF degradability of hays measured in situ and in vitro

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Spanghero, M ^a   Boccalon, S ^a   Gracco, L ^a   Gruber, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Fed Res Inst Agric Alpine R   (Austria)

Author keywords

Degradability; Hays; In situ; In vitro; NDF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037456534     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00327-9     Document Type: Article

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