Effects of dietary non-digestible oligosaccharides on microbial characteristics of ileal chyme and faeces in weaner pigs

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-307

  Houdijk, J G M ^a,b   Hartemink, R ^a   Verstegen, M W A ^a   Bosch, Marlou W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faeces; Ileal chyme; Microbial characteristics; Non digestible oligosaccharides; Weaner pigs

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FECES; ILEUM; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; RANDOMIZATION; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ILEUM; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 11244296751     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003942021000019117     Document Type: Article

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