Comparison of buffalo rumen liquor and buffalo faeces as inoculum for the in vitro gas production technique

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 319-321

  Cutrignelli, Monica Isabella ^a   Calabro S ^a   Tudisco, R ^a   Zicarelli, F ^a   Gazaneo, M P ^a   Piccolo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faeces vs. rumen liquor; Fermentation kinetics; Gas production

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645762478     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.2s.319     Document Type: Article

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