Hydrogen and methane emissions from beef cattle and their rumen microbial community vary with diet, time after feeding and genotype

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 398-407

  Rooke, John A ^a,c   Wallace, R John ^b   Duthie, Carol Anne ^a   McKain, Nest ^b   De Souza, Shirley Motta ^b   Hyslop, Jimmy J ^a   Ross, David W ^a   Waterhouse, Tony ^a   Roehe, Rainer ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Hydrogen; Methane; Rumen microbial community

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BEEF CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVOTELLA; PROTOZOON; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; ANGUS CATTLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGE; LIMOUSIN CATTLE; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM; PREVOTELLA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN; MALE; METHANE; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903763709     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000932     Document Type: Article

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