The role of the rumen ciliate protozoa for methane suppression caused by coconut oil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Dohme, F ^b   Machmuller A ^b   Estermann, B L ^b   Pfister, P ^b   Wasserfallen, A ^b   Kreuzer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; VEGETABLE OILS;

COCONUT OIL; DEFAUNATED; DEFAUNATION; DRY MATTERS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FAUNATED; METHANE FORMATION; METHANOGENESIS; RUMEN FLUIDS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

METHANE;

COCONUT OIL; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032825003     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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