Microbial caecal fermentation in Iberic or Landrace pigs given acorn/sorghum or maize diets estimated in vitro using the gas production technique

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 93-107

  Fondevila, M ^a   Morales, J ^b   Perez J F ^b   Barrios Urdaneta, A ^a   Baucells, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn; Caecal fermentation; Gas production; Iberic breed; Pigs

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; FERMENTATION; GAS ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; LANDRACE; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; SWINE;

SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037121761     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00252-3     Document Type: Article

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