Relationship between volume and pressure for installation of the semi-automated in vitro gas production technique for tropical forage evaluation;Relação entre pressão e volume para implantaç ão da técnica in vitro semi-automática de produção de gases na avaliação de forrageiras tropicais

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-219

  Mauricio R M ^a   Pereira, L G R ^b   Goncalves L C ^b   Rodriguez, N M ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gas production; In vitro; Ruminants; Semi automated

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRACHIARIA; CYNODON; FERMENTATION; FORAGE; GAS; GENOTYPE; HAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIARIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; GLYCINE MAX; NEONOTONIA; NEONOTONIA WIGHTII;

EID: 2142708557     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352003000200014     Document Type: Article

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