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Reply – Simplified estimation of forage degradability in the rumen assuming zero-order kinetics and assumptions underlying the in situ polyester-bag technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2009

D. DHANOA ,
R. SANDERSON ,
S. LOPEZ  and
J. FRANCE
D. DHANOA
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Dyfed SY23 3EB, UK
R. SANDERSON
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Dyfed SY23 3EB, UK
S. LOPEZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain
J. FRANCE
Affiliation:
Centre for Nutrition Modelling, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Canada
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 148 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 119 - 122
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