Effect of a starter diet supplementation with mannan-oligosaccharide or inulin on health status, caecal metabolism, digestibility of nutrients and growth of early weaned rabbits

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-530

  Volek, Z ^a   Marounek, M ^a,b   Skrivanova V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Health; Inulin; Mannan oligosaccharide; Microbial activity; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BUTYRIC ACID; CELLULOSE; INULIN; INULINASE; MANNAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; ENTEROPATHY; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34247634978     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107685012     Document Type: Article

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