The mobile bag technique as a method for determining the degradation of four botanically diverse fibrous feedstuffs in the small intestine and total digestive tract of ponies

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-740

  Moore Colyer, M J S ^a   Hyslop, J J ^b,d   Longland, A C ^c   Cuddeford, D ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Agric Devmt and Advisory Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degradation profiles; Effective degradability; Fibre; Horse; Mobile bags

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FECES; FEEDING; HORSE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MOBILE BAG TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; OAT; PROTEIN DIET; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; SOYBEAN; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; DIGESTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HORSES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POACEAE; SOYBEANS; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA; AVENA; AVENA NUDA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; NASO;

EID: 0036946556     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002734     Document Type: Article

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