Effects of a xylanase on individual bird variation, starch digestion throughout the intestine, and ileal and caecal volatile fatty acid production in chickens fed wheat

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Choct, M ^a   Hughes, R J ^b   Bedford, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Finnfeeds Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CECUM; CHICKEN; DIGESTION; ILEUM; METABOLISM; VISCOSITY; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; ILEUM; TRITICUM; VISCOSITY; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0033161125     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987548     Document Type: Article

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