Use of compartmental analysis to study ruminal volatile fatty acid metabolism under steady state conditions in Holstein heifers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 70-88

  Markantonatos, X ^a   Green, M H ^a   Varga, G A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental analysis; VFA kinetics; VFA metabolism

Indexed keywords

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EID: 44349129713     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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