A protocol for the operation of open-circuit chambers for measuring methane output in sheep

Measuring Methane Production from Ruminants

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 111-123

  Williams, Y J ^a   Klein, L ^a   Wright, A D G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 84892324579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6133-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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