The extensive development of the ruminant forestomach sets apart their N economy from
that of nonruminants in a number of respects. Extensive pregastric fermentation alters the …

Nitrogen metabolism is reviewed with emphasis on methods for quantitating various
nitrogen-transactions in the rumen of animals on a variety of diets. Ammonia kinetics …

Forage in Ruminant Nutrition is the 12th text in a series of books about animal feeing and
nutrition. The series is intended to keep readers updated on the developments occurring in …

In developing countries the productivity of meat and milk producing animals is low compared
with that of the livestock in developed countries, and the availability of meat and milk per …

In addition to the bacteria in the rumen there are many larger (S-2SO, um long) organisms
which at various times have been designated protozoa. Of these the'ovals'(Quin's and …

The rumen is an object of study for many types of biological scientist, from anatomists to
microbiologists, and more recently even mathematicians. The developments and use of …

Movements of N across the gut can be more than double N intake and thus have major
effects on N metabolism of the ruminant. These movements may be associated with net …

Eight multiparous Holstein–Friesian dairy cows in late lactation were used to investigate the
potential of using perennial ryegrass with a high concentration of water‐soluble …

Fourteen young wether sheep were fed freshly cut Lotus pedunculatus as a sole diet to
examine the effects of condensed tannins (CT; 55 g/kg lotus DM) on nitrogenous aspects of …

Potent rumen microbial proteases and deaminases rapidly degrade protein and amino acids
which are soluble in the rumen liquid phase. Because protein sources vary in their solubility …