The effect of dietary fibre fractions from different cereals and microbial enzyme supplementation on performance, ileal viscosity and short-chain fatty acid concentrations in the caeca of broiler chickens

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-496

  Jozefiak D ^a   Rutkowski, A ^a   Fratczak M ^a   Boros, D ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Caeca; Cereals; Microbial enzymes; Non starch polysaccharides; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AVENA; AVENA NUDA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 4544334752     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/67618/2004     Document Type: Article

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