Portal recovery of intraruminally infused short-chain fatty acids in sheep

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-38

  Kristensen, Niels Bastian ^a   Danfær, Allan ^a   Tetens, Vilhelm ^a   Agergaard, Niels ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorption; C 13; Irreversible loss rate; Metabolism; Portal drained viscera; Unidirectional fluxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030060883     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709609410921     Document Type: Article

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