Dietary starch and sugar versus fat and fiber: Growth and development of foals

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-316

  Hoffman, R M ^a   Kronfeld, D S ^a   Lawrence, L A ^a   Cooper, W L ^a   Dascanio, J J ^a   Harris, P A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat; Fiber; Growth; Rapidly fermentable carbohydrate

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030531948     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960330     Document Type: Article

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