The influence of 5% and 10% dietary apple pectin on parameters of fermentation in faeces and caecal digesta of weaning pigs

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Zacharias, B ^a   Kerler, Anja ^a   Drochner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Pectins; Pigs

Indexed keywords

PECTIN;

ARTICLE; CECUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PH; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CECUM; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MALUS; PECTINS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2342606479     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420410001667502     Document Type: Article

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