The rumen-a fermentation vat or a series of organized structured microbial consortia: Implications for the mitigation of enteric methane production by feed additives

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 258-

  Leng, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Digestion; Greenhouse gases; Hydrogen; Microbes; Nutrition; Ruminant; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255188770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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