Evaluation of a two-stage in vitro technique for estimating digestibility of equine feeds using horse faeces as the source of microbial inoculum

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 155-162

  Abdouli, H ^a   Attia, S Ben ^a  

^a Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Equine; In vitro digestibility; Two stage technique

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33750716011     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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