The effect of freezing on the fermentative activity of equine faecal inocula for use in an in vitro gas production technique

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Murray, Jo Anne M D ^a   McMullin, Patricia ^a   Handel, Ian ^b   Hastie, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine; Faecal inocula; In vitro

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; EQUIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84872391302     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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