Can methane suppression during digestion of woody and leafy browse compensate for energy costs of detoxification of plant secondary compounds? A test with muskoxen fed willows and birch

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 849-859

  White, R G ^a   Lawler, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula; Brome; Energy; Heat increment; Ovibos; Ruminant; Salix

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRCH; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTION; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GRAZING; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; WILLOW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; BROMUS; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; SALIX; SALIX ALAXENSIS; SALIX PULCHRA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BETULA; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; METHANE; PLANT LEAVES; RUMINANTS; SALIX;

EID: 0036848903     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00152-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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