The effect of timothy silage on the bacterial population in rumen fluid of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from natural summer and winter pasture

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Olsen, Monica Alterskjær ^a   Aagnes, Tove Hilde ^a,b   Mathiesen, Svein Disch ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Reindeer Husbandary   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellulase activity; Cellulolytic bacteria; Rumen fluid

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CERVIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; MICROBIOTA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 0030659619     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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