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Estimation of efficiency of microbial growth in rumen fluid with the gas production technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J.W. Cone  and
A.H. van Gelder
J.W. Cone
Affiliation:
DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Department of Ruminant Nutrition, P.O.box 65, NL-8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
A.H. van Gelder
Affiliation:
DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Department of Ruminant Nutrition, P.O.box 65, NL-8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
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In the Dutch feed evaluation system for ruminants, it is assumed that each 1000 g of rumen fermented organic matter (FOM) produces 150 g of microbial protein. However, this is a simplification of the real in vivo processes. Demeyer and Van Nevel (1986) concluded that the efficiency of microbial growth depends on several factors, such as chemical and physical properties and intake. They concluded that feeding low quality roughage would show lowest efficiency and feeding highly degradable starch would show highest efficiency. We investigated the possibilities to estimate differences in efficiency of microbial growth in rumen fluid with the gas production technique.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 39
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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