Comparative nutrient digestibility in dogs, blue foxes, mink and rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Ahlstrøm, Øystein ^a   Skrede, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Dogs; Foxes; Mink; Rats

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN; STARCH; SUGAR ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ASH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTION; DOG; FEEDING; FOX; LIPID METABOLISM; MINK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUSTELA VISON; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 0031744157     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.12.2676s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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