Evaluation of rumen methanogen diversity in cattle fed diets containing dry corn distillers grains and condensed tannins using PCR-DGGE and qRT-PCR analyses

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 122-131

  Mohammed, R ^a   Zhou, M ^b   Koenig, K M ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Guan, L L ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Distillers grain; Methanogen diversity; PCR DGGE; QRT PCR; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MEARNSII; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER SP.; METHANOSPHAERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958694203     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.061     Document Type: Article

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