Effects of Distillers Grains and Substrate Steam-Flaked Corn Concentration on In Vitro Dry Matter Disappearance, Gas Production Kinetics, and Hydrogen Sulfide Production1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-374

  Quinn, M J ^a   May, M L ^a   DiLorenzo, N ^a   Smith, D R ^a   Galyean, M L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distillers grains; gas production; grain processing; in vitro dry matter disappearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052598974     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30616-1     Document Type: Article

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