Fermentation patterns in rabbit caecal cultures supplied with plant polysaccharides and lactate

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-13

  Marounek, M ^a   Vovk, S J ^a,c   Benda, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c LVIV NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Caecum; Fermentation; In vitro cultures; Rabbit; VFA production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031485046     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb199766010009     Document Type: Article

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