Effect of fibre source on ileal apparent digestibility of non-starch polysaccharides in rabbits

Animal Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 343-350

  Carabano, R ^a   Garcia J ^a   De Blas, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestiblity; Fibre; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616768     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800055843     Document Type: Article

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