Saponin rich tropical fruits affect fermentation and methanogenesis in faunated and defaunated rumen fluid

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 79-94

  Hess, H D ^a   Kreuzer, M ^a   Diaz T E ^b   Lascano, C E ^c   Carulla, J E ^d   Soliva, Carla R ^a   Machmüller, Andrea ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Enterolobium cyclocarpum; Methane; Pithecellobium saman; Protozoa; Sapindus saponaria; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ENTEROLOBIUM; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; PITHECELLOBIUM; PITHECELLOBIUM SAMAN; PROTOZOA; SAMANEA SAMAN; SAPINDACEAE; SAPINDUS SAPONARIA; SAPONARIA;

EID: 0041389955     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00212-8     Document Type: Article

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