Effects of viscosity and fermentability of purified non-starch polysaccharides on ileal and total tract nutrient digestibility in ileal-cannulated grower pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 79-81

  Hooda, S ^a   Metzler Zebeli, B U ^a   Vasanthan, T ^a   Zijlstra, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digestibility; NSP; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77957151964     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.06.103     Document Type: Article

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