Barley and oat cultivars with diverse carbohydrate composition alter ileal and total tract nutrient digestibility and fermentation metabolites in weaned piglets

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 724-731

  Jha, R ^a,b   Rossnagel, B ^b   Pieper, R ^a,b   Van Kessel, A ^b   Leterme, P ^a  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

glucan; barley; digestibility; fermentation; piglets

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954538704     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991510     Document Type: Article

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