Dried chicory root has minor effects on the digestibility of nutrients and the composition of the microflora at the terminal ileum and in faeces of growing pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Hedemann, Mette Skou ^a   Knudsen, Knud Erik Bach ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicory root; Digestibility; Fructan; Microflora; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; SUIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77957160268     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.06.095     Document Type: Article

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