Barley grain for rumen and ruminants: Over-modernized uses of an inimitable fuel

Barley: Production, Cultivation and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 247-258

  Nikkhah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barley; Cattle; Metabolism; Milk.; Processing; Rumen; Starch; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892014407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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