Effects of dietary quebracho tannin on nutrient utilisation and tissue metabolism in sheep and rats

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1423-1430

  Dawson, Janet M ^a   Buttery, Peter J ^a   Jenkins, David ^b   Wood, Christopher D ^c   Gill, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin; Intestinal morphology; Nutrient digestibility; Rats; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; FIBER; HISTIOCYTE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; RAT; SHEEP; TANNIN;

EID: 0032782267     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199908)79:11<1423::AID-JSFA383>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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