Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-585

  Goopy, John P ^a   Donaldson, Alastair ^a   Hegarty, Roger ^b   Vercoe, Philip E ^c   Haynes, Fay ^b   Barnett, Mark ^b   Oddy, V Hutton ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteric methane; Greenhouse gas abatement; Rumen retention time

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; CHROMIUM; COBALT; METHANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; EWE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RUMEN RETENTION TIME; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH PARAMETERS; STOMACH VOLUME; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 84894220812     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513002936     Document Type: Article

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