The digestibility of acetic, propionic and butyric acids by the fowl
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 6 (2) , 103-105
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071666508415562
Abstract
Acetic, propionic and butyric acids, fed as the calcium salts at a level so that the diet contained about 2.5 per cent of the fatty acid ion, were completely digested. Examination of the contents of gut sections indicated that each acid was completely removed from the ingesta before this reached Meckel's diverticulum.Keywords
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