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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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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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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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