Estimation of direct and indirect gas production in syringes: A tool to estimate short chain fatty acid production that requires minimal laboratory facilities

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 123-124 Part 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 197-210

  Fievez, V ^a   Babayemi, O J ^b   Demeyer, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Concordance correlation; Fermentation products; In vitro gas production; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544486663     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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