Nutritional Responses to the Presence of Inulin and Oligofructose in the Diets of Domesticated Animals: A Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-60

  Flickinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Van Loo, Jan ^b   Fahey Jr , George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ORAFTI   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Inulin; Livestock; Nutrition; Oligofructose; Poultry

Indexed keywords

COMPANION ANIMALS; INULIN; OLIGOFRUCTOSE; POULTRY;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROLYSIS; OLIGOMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION;

NUTRITION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

INULIN; OLIGOFRUCTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FECES; FERMENTATION; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0038651167     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408690390826446     Document Type: Review

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