Digestion and microbial fermentation of Eragrostis curvula supplemented with tallow

Animal Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Fondevila, M ^a   Cufre G ^b   Nogueira, J C M ^a,c   Godio, L ^b   Alcantu, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eragrostis curvula; In vitro digestibility; Microbial degradation; Tallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844455182     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980005102X     Document Type: Article

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