Addition of citrus pulp and apple pomace in diets for dogs: Influence on fermentation kinetics, digestion, faecal characteristics and bacterial populations

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-502

  Brambillasca, Sebastián ^a   Britos, Alejandro ^a   Deluca, Carolina ^a   Fraga, Martín ^b   Cajarville, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

apple pomace; bacteria; citrus pulp; digestibility; dogs; feeding; fermentation; fibre

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE; MALE; MALUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CITRUS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; INTESTINES; MALE; MALUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84887855869     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2013.857079     Document Type: Article

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