Nutritional and Metabolic Consequences of Feeding High-Fiber Diets to Swine: A Review
At present, substantial amounts of low-cost, fibrous co-products are incorporated into pig diets to reduce the cost of raising swine. However, diets that are rich in fiber are of low nutritive value because pigs cannot degrade dietary fiber. In addition, high-fiber diets have been associated with re...
Main Authors: | Atta K. Agyekum, C. Martin Nyachoti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-10-01
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Series: | Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809917307245 |
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