Fat digestion and faecal bile acid excretion in veal calves fed milk replacers containing either coconut fat or tallow

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-166

  Xu, Chao ^a   Wensing, Theo ^a   Beynen, Anton C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Fat digestion; Growth performance; Veal calves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033568660     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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