Effects of alfalfa, wheat bran or beet pulp, with or without sunflower oil, on caecal fermentation and on digestibility in the rabbit

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-149

  Falcão E Cunha, Luisa ^a   Peres, Helena ^a   Freire, João P B ^a   Castro Solla, Luís ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Digestibility.; Fat inclusion; Fibre source; Fibrolytic activity; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HELIANTHUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4744352237     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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