Comparison of Nitrogen-15 and Purines as Microbial Markers in Continuous Culture

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1375-1381

  Calsamiglia, S ^a,c   Stern, M D ^a,d   Firkins, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d 130 Haecker Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Markers; Nitrogen; Purines; Rumen Fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTEN; NITROGEN; PEPTONE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRYPTONES; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FISH PRODUCTS; GLUTEN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PEPTONES; PURINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; UREA;

EID: 0030156659     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7461375x     Document Type: Review

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