δ 13C as a marker to study digesta passage kinetics in ruminants: A combined in vivo and in vitro study

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 754-767

  Pellikaan, W F ^a   Verstegen, M W A ^a   Tamminga, S ^a   Dijkstra, J ^a   Hendriks, W H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

13C isotope; dairy cow; grass silage; marker passage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE; LOLIUM PERENNE;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; SILAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875723250     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112002303     Document Type: Article

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