Characterizing volatile fatty acids and other gases in a rumen closed in vitro fermentation system using solid phase microextraction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 585-588

  Spinhirne, Jarett P ^a   Koziel, Jacek A ^a   Chirase, Norbert K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Detection; Fermentation; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Metabolism; Ruminal gases; Solid phase microextraction; Volatile fatty acids; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME);

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID;

EID: 0038269622     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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