The effects of condensed tannins in sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) on its digestion and nutritive value

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(1)The effects of condensed tannins in sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) on its digestion and nutritive value Katerina Theodoridou. To cite this version: Katerina Theodoridou. The effects of condensed tannins in sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) on its digestion and nutritive value. Agricultural sciences. Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand II, 2010. English. �NNT : 2010CLF22096�. �tel-00669557�. HAL Id: tel-00669557 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00669557 Submitted on 13 Feb 2012. HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés..

(2) UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL. UNIVERSITE D’AUVERGNE. N° D.U 2096. Année 2010. Ecole Doctorale des Sciences de la Vie, de la Santé, Agronomie, Environnement N° d’ordre 539. THESE pour obtenir le grade de. Docteur (Spécialité: Nutrition Animale) présentée et soutenue publiquement par. Katerina THEODORIDOU le 17 Décembre 2010 Les effets des tannins condensés du sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) sur sa digestion et sa valeur nutritive The effects of condensed tannins in sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) on its digestion and nutritive value Jury: Rapporteurs. M. Christian HUYGHE Mme Corine BAYOURTHE. Examinateurs Mme Anne BOUDON M. Philippe MICHAUD M. René BAUMONT Mme Jocelyne AUFRERE Laboratoire d’accueil Equipe Relations Animal-Plantes et Aliments Unité de Recherche sur les Herbivores INRA Centre de Clermont-Ferrand / Theix 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle.

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