Significance of coprophagy for the fatty acid profile in body tissues of rabbits fed different diets

Lipids

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 853-865

  Leiber, Florian ^a   Meier, Janina S ^a   Burger, Bettina ^b   Wettstein, Hans Rudolf ^a   Kreuzer, Michael ^a   Hatt, Jean Michel ^b   Clauss, Marcus ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Branched chain fatty acids; Caecum; Coprophagy; Forage; Meat; Microbial lipid metabolism; N 3 fatty acids; Oats; Rabbit; trans Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPHAGY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; OAT; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; CECUM; COPROPHAGIA; FATTY ACIDS; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RABBITS;

AVENA; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 51349129576     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-008-3210-5     Document Type: Article

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