Evaluation of different methods for the determination of digestion and passage rates of fibre in the rumen of dairy cows

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-154

  Stensig, Torkil ^a   Weisbjerg, Martin R ^a   Hvelplund, Torben ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

In sacco; Interactions; Models; Rumen evacuation; Starch; Sucrose; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0039758162     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709809362414     Document Type: Article

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