Development of an in vitro method for determination of methane production kinetics using a fully automated in vitro gas system-A modelling approach

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 190-200

  Ramin, M ^a   Huhtanen, P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gas production; Methane kinetics; Rumen model; Sample size; VFA

Indexed keywords

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84860516419     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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