Methane yield from dry and lactating cows diets in the Po plain (Italy) using an in vitro gas production technique

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-335

  Pirondini, Mario ^a   Malagutti, Luca ^a   Colombini, Stefania ^a   Amodeo, Paola ^b   Crovetto, Gianni Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Associazione Regionale Allevatori della Lombardia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cow; In vitro; Methane; TMR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868609105     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2012.e61     Document Type: Article

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