Feline colonic morphology and mucosal tissue energetics as influenced via the source of dietary fiber

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 985-993

  Bueno, A R ^a   Cappel, T G ^a   Sunvold, G D ^b   Reinhart, G A ^b   Clemens, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beet pulp; Cat; Cellulose; Colonic morphology; Dietary fiber; Pectin; Tissue energetics

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GUM ARABIC; PECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL ENERGY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DIETARY FIBER; DNA CONTENT; DOG; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

EID: 0034237373     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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