Assessing fibre-rich feedstuffs in pig nutrition: Comparison of methods and their potential implications

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2541-2550

  Sappok, Maria ^a   Pellikaan, Wilbert F ^b   Verstegen, Martin W A ^b   Sundrum, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cumulative gas production; Enzyme pretreatment; Fermentation kinetics; Hindgut; Roughage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS; LOLIUM; SUIDAE; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350741319     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3746     Document Type: Article

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