Efficiency of monolaurin in mitigating ruminal methanogenesis and modifying C-isotope fractionation when incubating diets composed of either C3 or C4 plants in a rumen simulation technique (Rusitec) system

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1308-1317

  Klevenhusen, Fenja ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a   Bolotin, Jakov ^a   Kunz, Carmen ^a   Soliva, Carla R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Fatty acids; Methane; Rusitec

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON 13; GLYCEROL LAURATE; LAURIC ACID; METHANE; PROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MONOACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CALCULATION; DIET; FERMENTATION; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; HAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAIZE; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; WHEAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CEREAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERMENTATION; LAURATES; METHANE; MONOGLYCERIDES; RUMEN;

EID: 73349087535     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509990262     Document Type: Article

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