Fermentative gases in breath indicate that inulin and starch start to be degraded by microbial fermentation in the stomach and small intestine of the horse in contrast to pectin and cellulose

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Coenen, Manfred ^a   Mößeler, Anne ^a   Vervuert, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Horse; Hydrogen exhalation; Inulin; Laminitis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; INSULIN; PECTIN; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREATHING; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; GAS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33745644488     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.7.2108s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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