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Soliva, C., Hess, H. (2007). Measuring Methane Emission of Ruminants by In Vitro and In Vivo Techniques. In: Makkar, H.P., Vercoe, P.E. (eds) Measuring Methane Production From Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6133-2_2
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