Fiber digestion in various segments of the hindgut of horses fed grass hay or silage

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Ueda, Koichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a   Hata, Hiroshi ^a   Kondo, Seiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber digestion; Grass silage; Hindgut; Horse; In vitro degradation

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 43449135348     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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