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The Mechanism of Cellulose Digestion in the Ruminant Organism. III. The Action of Cellulose-Splitting Bacteria on the Fibre of Certain Typical Feeding Stuffs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. E. Woodman
Affiliation:
(The Institute of Animal Nutrition)
J. Stewart
Affiliation:
(The Institute of Animal Pathology, Cambridge University)

Extract

The present communication deals with the results of quantitative investigations into the action of thermophilic cellulose-splitting bacteria on the fibre of a number of typical feeding stuffs. The primary object was to ascertain whether such measurements could form the basis of a quick in vitro method for estimating the digestibility of the fibrous constituent of feeding stuffs and, in addition, could lead to a method for following the process of lignification in herbage and in forage crops.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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