Metabolic response of the gastrointestinal tract and serum parameters of rabbits to diets containing chicory flour rich in inulin

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Juskiewicz J ^a   Asmanskaite L ^b   Zdunczyk Z ^a   Matusevicius P ^b   Wroblewska M ^a   Zilinskiene A ^c  

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

^b Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^c VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Chicory flour; Intestinal physiology; Inulin; Plasma lipids; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; INULIN; LIPID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOUR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; MALE; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; VISCOSITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CECUM; CHICORY; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FLOUR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ILEUM; INULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICHORIUM INTYBUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 40649107458     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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