Apparent digestibility of Mediterranean forages determined by total collection of faeces and acid-insoluble ash as internal marker

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 235-238

  Bergero, Domenico ^a   Miraglia, Nicoletta ^b   Abba, Cristina ^a   Polidori, Mimmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forages; Horse; Methods

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FRAXINUS;

EID: 1642486648     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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