The relationship between in vitro gas production, in vitro microbial biomass yield and 15N incorporation and its implications for the prediction of voluntary feed intake of roughages

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 911-921

  Blummel M ^a   Steingass H ^a   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N incorporation; Gas production; In vitro degradability; Microbial activity; Voluntary feed intake

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 15; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; GAS DIFFUSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342618787     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970089     Document Type: Article

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