In vitro methane emission and acetate:propionate ratio are decreased when artificial stimulation of the rumen wall is combined with increasing grain diets in sheep

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Christophersen, C T ^a,b   Wright, A D G ^b   Vercoe, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetate:propionate ratio; Methane; Methanogen; pH; Sheep; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OAT; PH; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ACETATES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METHANE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPIONATES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38949188903     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0373     Document Type: Article

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