The passage of lactic acid bacteria from silage into rumen fluid, in vitro studies

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3386-3397

  Weinberg, Z G ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Gamburg, M ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria silage inoculants; Probiotic effect; Rumen fluid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 6944239053     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73474-8     Document Type: Article

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