Large bowel fermentation of maize or sorghum-acorn diets fed as a different source of carbohydrates to Landrace and Iberian pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 489-497

  Morales, J ^a   Perez J F ^a   Martin Orue S M ^a   Fondevila, M ^b   Gasa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Iberian pigs; Landrace pigs; Large bowel fermentation

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; FAT; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; MARKER; NEUROENDOCRINE SPECIFIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LARGE INTESTINE; MAIZE; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SORGHUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036848827     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002699     Document Type: Article

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