Rates of production of acetate, propionate, and butyrate in the rumen of lactating dairy cows given normal and low-roughage diets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3620-3633

  Sutton, J D ^a,b   Dhanoa, M S ^c   Morant, S V ^a   France, J ^b   Napper, D J ^a   Schuller, E ^a  

^a The National Institute for Research in Dairying   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Milk fat depression; Rumen fermentation; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

EID: 1542754625     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73968-X     Document Type: Article

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