The effect of fibre source on the numbers of some fibre-degrading bacteria of Arabian camel’s (Camelus dromedarius) foregut origin

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1161-1166

  Samsudin, Anjas Asmara ^a,b   Wright, André Denis ^c   Al Jassim, Rafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian camel; Fibre degrading bacteria; Native vegetation; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CAMEL; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROBACTER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; RUMINOCOCCUS; VETERINARY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAMELS; CELL COUNT; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIETARY FIBER; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROBACTER; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; RUMINOCOCCUS;

EID: 84910147376     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0621-6     Document Type: Article

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