An early stimulation of solid feed intake slightly influences the morphological gut maturation in the rabbit

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-122

  Gallois, Mélanie ^a   Gidenne, Thierry ^a   Fortun Lamothe, Laurence ^a   Le Huerou Luron, Isabelle ^a   Lallès, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Digestive mucosa; Gut maturation; Intestinal morphology; Rabbit; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOCUMENTATION; DUODENUM; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; ILEUM; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; STIMULATION; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROVILLI; ORGAN SIZE; RABBITS; WEANING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 17244363400     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2005008     Document Type: Article

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