In vitro digestibility assessment of tropical shrub legumes using rumen fluid or faecal fluid as the inoculum source

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-377

  Jones, R J ^a   Barnes, P ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

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EID: 0039037501     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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