Digestibility of a complete ration in horses fed once or three times a day and correlation with key blood parameters

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-316

  van Weyenberg, Stephanie ^a   Buyse, Johan ^b   Janssens, Geert P J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Feeding frequency; Glucose; Horses

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; ANIMAL FOOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; TIME; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HORSES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EQUIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33847075388     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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