A comparison of in vitro fermentation characteristics of different botanical fractions of mature maize stover

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-515

  Tang, S ^a   Tan, Z ^a   Zhou, C ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Sheng, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gas technique; Maize stover; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947311488     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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