Age and incubation time effects on in vitro caecal fermentation pattern in rabbits before and after weaning

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-201

  Marounek, M ^a,c   Fievez, V ^a   Mbanzamihigo, L ^a   Demeyer, D ^a   Maertens, L ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Caecum; Fermentation; Ontogenesis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STOMACH JUICE; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CECUM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; ORGAN SIZE; RABBITS; WEANING;

EID: 0032623310     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450399909386162     Document Type: Article

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