Rumen microbial metabolism and ruminant digestion /
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| Language: | English |
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Paris :
Institut national de la recherche agronomique,
[1991]
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Table of Contents:
- Rumen bacteria
- Rumen protozoa : taxonomy, cytology and feeding behaviour
- Rumen ciliates and their functions
- Rumen anaerobic fungi
- Microbial interactions in the rumen
- Recent progress in genetic manipulation of rumen microbes
- Microbes and fibre degradation
- Rumen proteolysis and its control
- Lipids and rumen digestion
- Volatile fatty acids and protein production in the rumen
- Effects of minerals on microbial metabolism
- Minerals and digestion : exchanges in the digestive tract
- Quantitative aspects of microbial metabolism in the rumen and hindgut
- Defaunation of the rumen
- Modification of rumen fermentation by the use of additives
- Rumen modelling.
- Outflow of particles from the reticulo-rumen
- Rumen compartmentation
- Probiotics in ruminants
- Comparison of the rumen with other digestive microbial ecosystems
- Enhancement of low-quality feeds : ruminants in mediterranean and tropical areas
- In vitro rumen simulating systems
- Feed additives : impact on rumen function ; effects on beef cattle production ; use in dairy cows
- Rumen disfunctions
- Digesta circulation and reticulo-rumen motility in the ruminant
- Which diets for tomorrow?.