Fibre digestibility in large herbivores as related to digestion type and body mass - An in vitro approach

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 319-326

  Steuer, Patrick ^a   Südekum, Karl Heinz ^a   Müller, Dennis W H ^b,d   Kaandorp, Jacques ^c   Clauss, Marcus ^b   Hummel, Jürgen ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Safaripark Beekse Bergen   (Netherlands)

^d National Park 'Bavarian Forest'   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hindgut fermenters; Hohenheim gas test; Ruminant foregut fermenters; Spot sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ELEPHANT; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; GOAT; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NONHUMAN; RHINOCEROS; SHEEP; SPRINGBOK; UNGULATE; WARTHOG; WATERBUCK; WILDEBEEST; ZEBRA;

EID: 84870379696     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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