Effect of environmental temperature on digestive tract, visceral organ size, digestibility and energy metabolism in rats fed different levels of pea fibre

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Zhao, Xin Quan ^a,b   Jørgensen, Henry ^a   Gabert, Vince M ^a,c   Eggum, Bjøm O ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Dietary fibre; Heat production; Hydrogen; Metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344466040     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709609415869     Document Type: Article

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