Six intestinal microflora-associated characteristics in sport horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-227

  Collinder, E ^b   Lindholm, A ^b   Midtvedt, T ^a   Norin, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Faecal tryptic activity; Germ free life; Horse; Microflora; Mucin; SCFAs; Urobilinogen; aspartylglycine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

BETA ASPARTYLGLYCINE; BETA-ASPARTYLGLYCINE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; TRYPSIN; UROBILINOGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HORSE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPER ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; CATTLE; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIPEPTIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, PAPER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; HUMANS; MUCINS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; TRYPSIN; UROBILINOGEN;

EID: 0034181641     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400776563653     Document Type: Article

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