Ruminal proteolysis in forages with distinct endopeptidases activities

Silage Production and Utilisation: Proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 273-

  Pichard, G ^a   Tapia, C ^a   Larrain R ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Forages; Plant peptidases; Proteolysis; Rumen

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749105565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6     Document Type: Chapter

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