Comparison of in vitro degradation of temperate forages using the gas production and filter bag techniques

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Hetta, Mårten ^a   Nordheim, Hege ^b   Gustavsson, Anne Maj ^a   Martinsson, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Forage degradation; In vitro filter bag; In vitro gas production

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349097384     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3072     Document Type: Article

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