Intake and apparent digestibility of hay or hay plus concentrate diets determined in horses by the total collection of feces and n-alkanes as internal markers

Livestock Science

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 189-194

  Peiretti, P G ^a   Meineri, G ^b   Miraglia, N ^c   Mucciarelli, M ^b   Bergero, D ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Horse; n alkanes; Total collection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CITRUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33645861366     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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