Effects of experimentally-impaired reticular contractions on digesta passage in sheep

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-110

  Kaske, M ^a   Midasch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abomasum; Digesta passage rate; Motility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FECES; FOOD INTAKE; FORESTOMACH; GRASS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STOMACH MUSCLE;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MICROSPHERES; RETICULUM; RUMEN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030844632     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970122     Document Type: Article

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