Reducing methane emissions and the methanogen population in the rumen of Tibetan sheep by dietary supplementation with coconut oil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1541-1545

  Ding, Xuezhi ^a,b   Long, Ruijun ^c   Zhang, Qian ^a,b   Huang, Xiaodan ^c   Guo, Xusheng ^c   Mi, Jiandui ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Yak Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Gansu Province   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coconut oil; Methane; Microbial communities; Tibetan sheep

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; METHANE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CILIATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CILIOPHORA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; METHANE; PLANT OILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; OVIS ARIES; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866143726     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0103-7     Document Type: Article

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