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A model for the estimation of volatile fatty acid production in the rumen in non-steady-state conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2012

S. V. Morant ,
J. L. Ridley  and
J. D. Sutton
S. V. Morant
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
J. L. Ridley
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
J. D. Sutton
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
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Abstract

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A method of estimating volatile fatty acid (VFA) production in the rumen in non-steady-state conditions was proposed. Laboratory models indicated that good estimates of total production over a complete feeding cycle could be obtained even when a wide range of production rates and volume changes occurred during the experiment. But estimates of instantaneous production rates might have contained large errors unless some attempt was made to match the infusion rate of labelled VFA to the rate at which VFA was produced in the rumen.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 1978 , pp. 451 - 462
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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