Age effect on in vitro fermentation pattern and methane production in the caeca of chickens

Physiological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Marounek, M ^a   Rada, V ^b  

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

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caeca; Chicken; Fermentation; Ontogenesis

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE FLORA; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

AGING; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; METHANE; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 0031714680     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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