Effect of dietary Enterolobium cyclocarpum on microbial protein flow and nutrient digestibility in sheep maintained fauna-free, with total mixed fauna or with Entodinium caudatum monofauna

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-516

  Koenig, K M ^a   Ivan, M ^b   Teferedegne, B T ^c   Morgavi, D P ^d   Rode, L M ^e   Ibrahim, I M ^f   Newbold, C J ^g  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e Sage Biosciences Inc   (Canada)

^f CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^g ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterolobium cyclocarpum; Microbial protein; Reduced fauna; Ruminal ciliate protozoa; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; FAUNA; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GRAIN; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTOZOON; SHEEP; SILAGE; SMALL INTESTINE; SOYBEAN; TREE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CILIOPHORA; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; DUODENUM; FABACEAE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; NITROGEN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RUMEN; SHEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547976682     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507723930     Document Type: Article

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