The in vitro digestion of roughage dry matter
- 1 October 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 53 (2) , 192-197
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600020256
Abstract
1. An in vitro apparatus is described for measuring the percentage dry-matter digestibility of roughages.2. Samples of hay, dried herbage, oat hay and oat straw were tested in vitro and the values obtained compared with in vivo results obtained with sheep.Keywords
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