Effects of coconut and fish oils on ruminal methanogenesis, Fermentation, And abundance and diversity of microbial populations in vitro

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1782-1792

  Patra, A K ^a,b   Yu, Z ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Coconut and fish oils; Methanogenesis; Microbial diversity; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COCONUT OIL; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; METHANE; VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FISH OILS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; METHANE; PLANT OILS; RUMEN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 84874312979     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6159     Document Type: Article

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