Optimisation of treatment conditions of wheat straw with lime: Effect of concentration, moisture content and treatment time on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Sirohi, S K ^a   Rai, S N ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cell wall constituents; Digestibility; Lime treatment; Moisture; Reaction period; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347093178     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00153-9     Document Type: Article

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