Relationship between gas production and starch degradation in feed samples

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Chai, W Z ^a,b   Van Gelder, A H ^a   Cone, J W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

DM; Dry matter; Gas production after 3 h incubation; Gas production after t h incubation; GP3; GPt; NDF; Neutral detergent fibre; OM; Organic matter; R.S.D.; Residual standard deviation; S.D.; S.E.M.; Standard deviation; Standard error of the mean; VFA

Indexed keywords

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EID: 1842845042     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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