Replacing starch with digestible fibre in growing rabbit feeding

To evaluate the effect of replacing dietary starch with digestible fibre (DF=pectin and hemicelluloses) on health status, digestive physiology, growth performance, and carcass traits, 250 hybrid rabbits weaned at 27 d were fed until slaughter (76 d) five diets with increasing DF to starch ratio (1.0...

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Main Authors: Gerolamo Xiccato, Duilio Majolini, Angela Trocino, Luca Carraro, Marco Tazzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/802