Short communication: Comparison of pH, volatile fatty acids, and microbiome of rumen samples from preweaned calves obtained via cannula or stomach tube

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5290-5294

  Terre M ^a   Castells, L ^a   Fabregas F ^a   Bach, A ^a,b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rumen cannula; Rumen sample; Stomach tube

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; RUMEN CANNULA; RUMEN SAMPLE; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH TUBE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

RUMEN CANNULA; RUMEN SAMPLE; STOMACH TUBE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATHETERIZATION; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GASTRIC JUICE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROBIOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; RUMEN; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

AVENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 84880617851     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5921     Document Type: Article

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