Effect of dietary forage to concentrate ratio on volatile fatty acid absorption and the expression of genes related to volatile fatty acid absorption and metabolism in ruminal tissue

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2767-2781

  Penner, G B ^a   Taniguchi, M ^a,b   Guan, L L ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^c   Oba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage to concentrate ratio; Gene expression; Ruminal pH; Volatile fatty acid absorption

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67649202581     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1716     Document Type: Article

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