Use of faeces as an alternative inoculum to caecal content to study in vitro feed digestibility in domesticated ostriches (Struthio camelus var. domesticus)

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-362

  Bovera, F ^a,b   D'Urso, S ^a   Calabro S ^a   Tudisco, R ^a   Di Meo, C ^a   Nizza, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EVALUATION; FECES; FERMENTATION; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CECUM; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250814022     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660701341989     Document Type: Article

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