Passage through the rumen and the large intestine of sheep estimated from faecal marker excretion curves and slaughter trials

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-389

  De Vega, A ^a   Gasa, J ^a,b   Castrillo, C ^a   Guada, J A ^a  

^a Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Rate of passage; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COBALT EDETATE; YTTERBIUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; LARGE INTESTINE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; RASA; RASA ARAGONESA;

EID: 0031792665     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114598001445     Document Type: Article

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