Rumen development process in goats as affected by supplemental feeding v. grazing: Age-related anatomic development, functional achievement and microbial colonisation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 888-900

  Jiao, Jinzhen ^a,b   Li, Xiaopeng ^a,b   Beauchemin, Karen A ^c   Tan, Zhiliang ^a   Tang, Shaoxun ^a   Zhou, Chuanshe ^a  

^a Institute of Subtropical Agriculture   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomic development; Feeding systems; Functional achievement; Microbial colonisation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMYLASE; BUTYRIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PROTEINASE; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULASE; CELLULASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GENE DOSAGE; GOAT; GRAZING; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH PH; STOMACH WALL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; VETERINARY; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS;

AMYLASES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLULASE; CHINA; DIET; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GOATS; HERBIVORY; MALE; MILK; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RUMEN; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 84926966823     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514004413     Document Type: Article

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