Characterization of starch and gum arabic-maltodextrin microparticles encapsulating acacia tannin extract and evaluation of their potential use in ruminant nutrition

Objective The use of tannin extract and other phytochemicals as dietary additives in ruminants is becoming more popular due to their wide biological actions such as in methane mitigation, bypass of dietary protein, intestinal nematode control, among other uses. Unfortunately, some have strong astrin...

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Main Authors: Festus A. Adejoro, Abubeker Hassen, Mapitsi S. Thantsha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2019-07-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-18-0632.pdf