Effect of pelleting and pellet size of a concentrate for intensively reared beef cattle on in vitro fermentation by two different approaches

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 88-95

  Bertipaglia, L M A ^b   Fondevila, M ^a   van Laar, H ^c   Castrillo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Nutreco Ruminant Research Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In vitro fermentation; Intensively reared cattle; Particle size; Pelleting; PH

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77955268712     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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