Comparison of in vitro gas production, metabolizable energy, organic matter digestibility and microbial protein production of some legume hays

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-522

  Karabulut, Ali ^a   Canbolat, Onder ^a   Kalkan, Hatice ^a   Gurbuzol, Fatmagul ^a,b   Sucu, Ekin ^a   Filya, Ismail ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Gas production; Legume hay; Metabolizable energy; Microbial protein

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 34247134973     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.517     Document Type: Review

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