Online Extra! More from Fiber Focus

The role of dietary fibre in companion animal nutrition

K.S. SwansonG.C. Fahey, Jr.E.A. Flickinger, C.M. Grieshop
February 12, 2014

Click here for the full 33-page report on fiber in companion animal nutrition.

This is an exclusive online extra from Tim Phillips' article "Fiber focus", which first appeared in Petfood Industry in January 2008.

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