High fat intake by ponies reduces both apparent digestibility of dietary cellulose and cellulose fermentation by faeces and isolated caecal and colonic contents

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 298-308

  Jansen, W L ^a   Cone, J W ^c   Geelen, S N J ^b   Sloet van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M ^b   Van Gelder, A H ^c   Oude Elferink, S J W H ^c   Beynen, A C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caecal content; Cellulose; Gas production technique; Ponies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33846263589     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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