Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 123-124 Part 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 517-526

  Blummel M ^a,d   Cone, J W ^b   Van Gelder, A H ^b   Nshalai, I ^c   Umunna, N N ^c   Makkar, H P S ^a   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Partitioning factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544484005     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.040     Document Type: Article

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