Rumen microbes and fermentation of wild sika deer on the Shiretoko peninsula of Hokkaido Island, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-395

  Ichimura, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamano, Hidehisa ^a   Takano, Toru ^a   Koike, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a   Tanaka, Keiichi ^a   Ozaki, Nobuo ^b   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^b   Okada, Hideaki ^c   Yamanaka, Masami ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shiretoko Nature Foundation   (Japan)

^d Syari Town Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Foods; Protozoa; Rumen fermentation; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIGESTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RUMINANT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SHIRETOKO PENINSULA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON; CERVUS NIPPON YESOENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043057255     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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