Comparison of organic matter digestibility determined by in vivo and in vitro methods

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Forejtova J ^a   Lad F ^a   Trinaacty J ^b   Richter, M ^b   Gruber, L ^c   Dolezal P ^d   Homolka, P ^e   Pavelek, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Research Institute for Cattle Breeding   (Czech Republic)

^c Federal Research Institute for Agriculture in Alpine Regions   (Austria)

^d MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^f CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR SUPERVISING AND TESTING IN AGRICULTURE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Digestibility; In vitro; In vivo; Organic matter; Pepsin cellulase; Tilley and Terry

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449134908     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3994-cjas     Document Type: Article

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