Rumen pH and fermentation characteristics in dairy cows supplemented with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2840-2849

  Aikman, P C ^a   Henning, P H ^b   Humphries, D J ^a   Horn, C H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MS Biotech   (South Africa)

^c Biotherapeutics   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Megasphaera elsdenii; Probiotic; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MEGASPHAERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION; TIME;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MEGASPHAERA; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII;

EID: 79956273780     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3783     Document Type: Article

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