INFLUENCE OF DIETARY FIBER IN VITRO MICROBIAL CECAL FERMENTATION IN MEXICAN HAIRLESS AND ASIAN PIG

The objective of the present study was to evaluate and compare the in vitro cecal fermentation (by the gas production technique), in hairless Mexican pig and Asian pig, adding cellulose or starch as a substrates (0, 100, 200, 30 and 400 mg/ g DM). 12 pigs were slaughtered ( BW= 104±0.5 kg), six of...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Arturo Dominguez Vara, Luis Angel Lara Fuentes, Carlos A Garcia Montes de Oca, Jose Romero Bernal, Nazario Pescador Salas, Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2010-03-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/420