Fat digestibility in Equus caballus follows increasing first-order kinetics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1773-1780

  Kronfeld, D S ^a,d   Holland, J L ^a   Rich, G A ^a   Meacham, T N ^a   Fontenot, J P ^a   Sklan, D J ^b   Harris, P A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Anim and Poultry Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Enzyme Kinetics; Fats; Horses; Lipase

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2642514980     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8261773x     Document Type: Article

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