A comparison between the 2N and 4N HCl acid-insoluble ash methods for digestibility trials in horses

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1728-1732

  Bergero, D ^a   Prfontaine, C ^b   Miraglia, N ^c   Peiretti, P G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Grains; Hay; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVENA; EQUIDAE; HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450252052     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990656     Document Type: Article

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