Effect of β-Glucanase Supplementation to Hulless Barley- or Wheat-Soybean Meal Diets on the Digestibilities of Energy, Protein, β-Glucans, and Amino Acids in Young Pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1649-1656

  Li, S ^a   Sauer, W C ^a   Huang, S X ^a   Gabert, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino Acids; Beta Glucanase; Crude Protein; Digestibility; Energy; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SOYBEAN; STANDARD; SWINE; WHEAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLUCANS; HORDEUM; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOYBEANS; SWINE; TRITICUM;

EID: 0030184410     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471649x     Document Type: Article

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