Stable isotope-labelled feed nutrients to assess nutrient-specific feed passage kinetics in ruminants

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 819-824

  Warner, Daniel ^a   Dijkstra, Jan ^a   Hendriks, Wouter H ^a,b   Pellikaan, Wilbert F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feed components; Fractional passage rate; Passage marker; Ruminant; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVIDS; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RUMINANT STOMACH; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RUMEN; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84900631127     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6426     Document Type: Article

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