Screening plants and plant products for methane inhibitors

In Vitro Screening of Plant Resources for Extra-nutritional Attributes in Ruminants: Nuclear and Related Methodologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-231

  López, Secundino ^a   Makkar, Harinder P S ^b   Soliva, Carla R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84880284275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3297-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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