Fermentative capacity of equine faecal inocula obtained from clinically normal horses and those predisposed to laminitis

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Murray, Jo Anne M D ^a   Scott, Barbara ^a   Hastie, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine faecal inoculum; In vitro fermentation; Laminitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 67349226798     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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