In vitro methanogenesis and fermentation of feeds containing oil seed cakes with rumen liquor of buffalo

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1196-1200

  Kumar, Ravindra ^a,b   Kamra, D N ^a   Agarwal, Neeta ^a   Chaudhary, L C ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Methane; Oil cakes; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA; GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PROTOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548552599     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.1196     Document Type: Article

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