Impacts of nutritional technology on feeds offered to horses: A review of effects of processing on voluntary intake, digesta characteristics and feed utilisation

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-117

  Hill, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Feed processing; Horses; Passage rate; Post ingestive effects; Voluntary intake

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34648816922     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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