Mechanical stimulation of rumination in sheep by the intraruminal addition of inert fibre particles

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Campion, D P ^a   Leek, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fibre; Mechanoreceptors; Rumen epithelium; Rumination; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030080046     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014338     Document Type: Article

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