Comparison of in vitro techniques for predicting digestibility of mixed cereal straw and citrus by-product diets in goats

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-572

  Madrid, Josefa ^a   Hernández, Fuensanta ^a   Megías, M Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

By product; Citrus pulp; Digestibility; Goat; In vitro methods; Straw

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BARLEY; CELLULASE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PEPSIN A; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAW;

EID: 0345390997     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990315)79:4<567::AID-JSFA220>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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