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Relation between diet and protozoal population in the rumen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

M. Abe
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing co., 640 Higashiterao machi, Tsurumi-ku, Yaokohama, Japan
H. Shibui
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing co., 640 Higashiterao machi, Tsurumi-ku, Yaokohama, Japan
T. Itiki
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing co., 640 Higashiterao machi, Tsurumi-ku, Yaokohama, Japan
F. Kumeno
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing co., 640 Higashiterao machi, Tsurumi-ku, Yaokohama, Japan
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Abstract

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1. Four feeding trials were made to investigate relations between diet and protozoal population in the rumen.

2. When a ration containing no concentrate was used, the number of entodiniomorphs decreased rapidly. The number of entodiniomorphs increased with the amount of concentrate. Rice straw, which was used as a sole source of roughage, was not always necessary for protozoa to survive in the rumen.

3. The type of diet affected the holotrich population to a much smaller extent than the entodiniomorph population.

Type
General Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1973

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