Inclusion of pistachio hulls as a replacement for alfalfa hay in the diet of sheep causes a shift in the rumen cellulolytic bacterial population

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 94-98

  Ghasemi, S ^a   Naserian, A A ^a   Valizadeh, R ^a   Tahmasebi, A M ^a   Vakili, A R ^a   Behgar, M ^b   Ghovvati, S ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SCHOOL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alfalfa hay; Cellulolytic bacteria; Pistachio hull; Real time PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; PISTACIA VERA; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84859980742     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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