Modeling in vitro gas production kinetics: Derivation of Logistic-Exponential (LE) equations and comparison of models

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 137-150

  Wang, M ^a   Tang, S X ^a   Tan, Z L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

In vitro fermentation; Logistic; Mathematical model; Microbial growth; Sigmoidal shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955464730     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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