The digestion and metabolism of sucrose in young milk-fed calves

Effect of dietary energy concentration and level on digestion in the bovine gastrointestinal tract

“…Morrill (1963) found that 44% of the dietary sucrose was digested in the large intestine. Xenoulis (1967) further confirmed sucrose digestion in the large intestine by injecting uniformly labeled C^^-sucrose into the cecum of milk-fed calves. An average of 77^ of the did not appear in the feces.…”

Effect of dietary energy concentration and level on digestion in the bovine gastrointestinal tract

“…Morrill (1963) found that 44% of the dietary sucrose was digested in the large intestine. Xenoulis (1967) . ',Lratod thu cellulose digesting ability of the rumen and cecum of sheep by placing cellophane strips in "both compartments.…”