Effects of feed intake on composition of sheep rumen contents and their microbial population size

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Rodriguez C A ^a   Gonzalez J ^a   Alvir, M R ^a   Redondo, R ^b   Cajarville, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Feed intake; Microbial population size; Rumen contents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CANNULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAY; LIQUID; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SOLID;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; RUMEN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037263108     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002752     Document Type: Article

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