Caecal parameters of rats fed diets supplemented with inulin in exchange for sucrose

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Juskiewicz, Jerzy ^a   Zdunczyk, Zenon ^a   Frejnagel, Sawomir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caecum; Digesta; Inulin; Rat; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CECUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SUGAR INTAKE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; INSULIN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 34248226432     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390701297735     Document Type: Article

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