Effluent from rusitec inoculated with rumen liquor or cow faeces as sources of micro-organisms for in vitro digestion of forages

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Akhter, S ^a,b   Owen, E ^a   Hossain, M M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Forages; In Vitro Digestion; Inoculum; RUSITEC

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0347878004     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1996.375     Document Type: Article

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