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Nutritional Strategies for Gastrointestional Health "The Basics"
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Horses are grass eaters and the main component of grasses is ȕ-linked polysaccharides such as cellulose that cannot be broken down by the digestive enzymes of mammals. However, horses have developed a large hindgut with a microbiota capable of fermenting these carbohydrates. The volatile fatty acids (VFA) produced during fermentation are absorbed and used by the horse. In conditions where horses rely solely on grasses, microbial digestion provides around two-thirds of the horse’s energy requirement and the rest is provided by sugars, amino acids and some fats in the grass [...]
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Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7024, Uppsala, Sweden and Holar University College, 551 Saudárkrókur, Iceland. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
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