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Estimating grass and grass silage degradation characteristics by in situ and in vitro gas production methods

Goran KišDepartment of Animal Nutrition. University of Zagreb, CroatiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Darko GrbesaDepartment of Animal Nutrition. University of Zagreb, Croatia
,
Antun KostelicDepartment of Animal Science. University of Zagreb, Croatia
&
Danijel KarolyiDepartment of Animal Science. University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pages 142-144 | Published online: 02 Mar 2016

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