Effects of Differences in Fibre Composition and Maturity of Forage-Based Diets on the Fluid Balance, Water-Holding Capacity and Viscosity in Equine Caecum and Colon Digesta

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Horses are large herbivorous hindgut fermenters, and the equine hindgut has been suggested to function as a fluid reservoir when dietary fibre holds water in the intestinal content. Forage-based diets and plant-fibre contributes the most to this hindgut fluid reservoir. However, the...

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Autores principales: Muhonen, Sara, Philippeau, Christelle, Julliand, Véronique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9739581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36496860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233340

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9739581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36496860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233340

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