Comparison of in vitro gas production technique with in situ nylon bag technique to estimate dry matter degradation

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 60-67

  Kamalak, Adem ^a   Canbolat, O ^b   Gurbuz, Y ^a   Ozay, O ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forage; In situ dry matter degradability; In vitro gas production

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33747149594     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3996-cjas     Document Type: Article

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