Effects of crude fibre level in the diet on the intestinal morphology of growing rabbits

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Yu, Bi ^a   Chiou, Peter W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dietary fibre; Intestinal morphology; Rabbit; Villi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029950872     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780865826     Document Type: Article

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