Digestion of sugars and starch

Nutrition of the Rabbit: 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 19-38

  Blas, E ^a   Gidenne, T ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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