Fermentation characteristics of several carbohydrate sources for dog diets using the in vitro gas production technique

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Calabrò, Serena ^a   Carciofi, Aulus C ^b   Musco, Nadia ^a   Tudisco, Raffaella ^a   Gomes, Marcia O S ^b   Cutrignelli, Monica I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Digestibility; Dog; Fibre; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; PLANTAGO OVATA; SACCHARUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872906864     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2013.e4     Document Type: Article

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