## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Limited research suggests that brown seaweed (extracts) may be used in pig nutrition for improving gut health and performances and for iodine enrichment of tissues. One __in vitro__ and two __in vivo__ experiments with dried iodineβrich intact marine seaweed (__Ascophyll
In vitro effects of phlorotannins from Ascophyllum nodosum (brown seaweed) on rumen bacterial populations and fermentation
β Scribed by Yuxi Wang; Trevor W Alexander; Tim A McAllister
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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