The need to complement in vitro gas production measurements with residue determinations from in sacco degradabilities to improve the prediction of voluntary intake of hays

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Blummel M ^a,b   Bullerdieck, P ^b  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hay; In sacco degradation; In vitro digestibility; Intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038614350     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015563     Document Type: Article

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