Use of nitrate-nitrogen as a sole dietary nitrogen source to inhibit ruminal methanogenesis and to improve microbial nitrogen synthesis in vitro

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-549

  Guo, W S ^a   Schaefer, D M ^a,b   Guo, X X ^a   Ren, L P ^a   Meng, Q X ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas production; Microbial nitrogen synthesis; Nitrate nitrogen; Rumen fermentation; Ruminal methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649280632     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2009.80361     Document Type: Article

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