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Rumen bacteria in sheep fed supplemented teff hay

  • 1983
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 13
J.J. Therion, R.I. Mackie and F.M.C. Gilchrist Page: 215 - 217

Low-protein teff hay was supplemented with 3% urea and 6% starch to promote growth of the amylolytic bacteria, which liberate branched chain amino acids in the rumen upon lysis. These serve as a source of branched chain volatile fatty acids…

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Kinetic measurements on bacterial cultures growing on fibres

  • 1983
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 13
A. Kistner, J.H. Kornelius and G.S. Miller Page: 217 - 220

The culture outflow-rate from a specially designed pH-auxostat continuous culture system can be used to calculate the specific growth rates of different bacterial species on suspensions of cellulose or other insoluble substrates. Provided a constant concentration of substrate is maintained…

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Media lacking rumen fluid for enumeration of rumen bacteria

  • 1983
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 13
S.K. Baker & R.J. Moir Page: 54 - 57

A medium without rumen fluid but containing trypticase, hemin and volatile fatty acids was developed for the enumeration of rumen bacteria. Counts of total culturable and amylolytic bacteria were as high or higher than those obtained using  medium CC (Zeigler-Leedle…

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