A comparison of washed and unwashed bags to determine the apparent fecal digestibility of dry matter, energy and crude protein in feeds for swine using the mobile nylon bag technique

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-378

  Qiao, Shiyan ^a,b   Thacker, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cannula; Digestibility; Energy; Nylon bag; Pigs; Protein

Indexed keywords

AVENA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SUS SCROFA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035621305     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A00-121     Document Type: Article

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