Comparing Mineral and Chemical Compounds, in Vitro Gas Production and Fermentation Parameters of some Range Species in Torbat-e Jam, Iran

Subject Areas : Forage Quality

Mohsen Kazemi ¹

1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Science, University of Torbat-e Jam, Torbat-e Jam, Iran

Received: 2018-09-19 Accepted : 2019-02-24 Published : 2019-10-01

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