Comparison of rabbit caecal content and rabbit hard faeces as source of inoculum for the in vitro gas production technique

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1649-1657

  Bovera, Fulvia ^a   D'Urso, Simona ^a   Di Meo, Carmelo ^a   Piccolo, Giovanni ^a   Calabró, Serena ^a   Nizza, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caecal Content; Faeces; In vitro Gas Production Technique; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HYLA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33845658298     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1649     Document Type: Article

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