Hindgut microbes, fermentation and their seasonal variations in Hokkaido native horses compared to light horses

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-291

  Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a   Koike, Satoshi ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Hata, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Keiichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulolytic protozoa; Colon; Hindgut microbes; Hokkaido native horse; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

FECAL COLIFORM; FERMENTATION; HORSE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746406781     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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