Fermentation characteristics and ruminal ciliate protozoal populations in cattle fed medium- or high-concentrate barley-based diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 515-524

  Hristov, A N ^a   Ivan, M ^b   Rode, L M ^b   McAllister, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Cattle fattening; Rumen protozoa

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULASE; CELLULASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CATTLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAMINATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH JUICE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; AMYLASES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATTLE; CELLULASE; CILIOPHORA; DEAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RUMEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0035257061     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.792515x     Document Type: Article

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