Significance of nutrient digeStibility in horSe nutrition - a review

摘要: the aim of review is to present mechanisms digestion in horses through a functional descrip- tion digestive system's structure with emphasis on nutrient digestibility. era an increasingly intensive and specialised sport usage horses, also significance balancing their dietary value accordance individual requirements these animals gaining importance. at same time, it not possible meet nutritional horse without knowledge about feed utilisation. many farm animal species, digestibility measured postmortem or via complicated expensive cannulation system. methods are applied due ethical approaches other limitations (e.g. horses); there- fore, importance marker-based techniques growing, although much data published available literature (Sales, 2012). Moreover, contrast non-ruminants, naturally adapted constant intake large quantities roughages. however, during