In situ and mobile bag methodology to measure the degradation profile of processed feeds in different segments of the equine digestive tract

Livestock Science

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-32

  Hyslop, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digesta passage rate; Equine; Feed degradation; In situ and mobile bag techniques; Partitioning digestion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33645008163     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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