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The effect of caecal pH on in vivo fibre digestibility in Norwegian trotter horses

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Applied equine nutrition and training

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The take home message is that whole barley should be avoided in order not to lower caecal pH; although these results do not indicate an effect of low pH on fibre digestibility.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to acknowledge Nordic Sugar A/S, St. Hippolyt Denmark A/S and the Danish Directorate for Development for financial support.

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  1. Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Grønnegaardsvej 3, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    C. Brøkner & A. H. Tauson

  2. Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 5003, 1432 Ås, Norwegian, Norway

    D. Austbø, J. A. Næsset & A. H. Tauson

  3. Department of Animal Health and Bioscience, Research Centre Foulum, Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Blichers Allé 20, 830, Tjele, Denmark

    K. E. Bach Knudsen

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Brøkner, C., Austbø, D., Næsset, J.A., Knudsen, K.E.B., Tauson, A.H. (2011). The effect of caecal pH on in vivo fibre digestibility in Norwegian trotter horses. In: Applied equine nutrition and training. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-740-0_14

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