Comparison of Rabbit Caecal Content and Rabbit Hard Faeces as Source of Inoculum for the In vitro Gas Production Technique
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Bovera, Fulvia
(University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino)
D'Urso, Simona (University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino) Di Meo, Carmelo (University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino) Piccolo, Giovanni (University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino) Calabro, Serena (University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino) Nizza, Antonino (University of Napoli Federico II, Department of Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti via F. Delpino) |
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