Effects of protozoa on methane production in rumen and hindgut of calves around time of weaning

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-295

  Schonhusen U ^a   Zitnan, R ^b   Kuhla, S ^a   Jentsch, W ^a   Derno, M ^a   Voigt, J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Calves; Hindgut; Methane production; Protozoa; Rumen

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CATTLE; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTESTINE; MALE; METHANOGENESIS; MILK; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTOZOON; REDUCTION; RUMEN BACTERIA; RUMINANT STOMACH; WEANING;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CILIOPHORA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METHANE; NITROGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0242624685     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420310001594423     Document Type: Article

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