Passage rate of solids and fluids in the digestive tract of buffaloes, cattle and sheep: Selection of non-linear model

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-69

  Amici, A ^a,b   Bartocci, S ^a   Terramoccia, S ^a   Martillotti, F ^a  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Cattle; Mathematical models; Sheep; Transit time

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; FRIESIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0346677924     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015551     Document Type: Article

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