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The relationship between rumen bacterial growth, intake of dry matter, digestible organic matter and volatile fatty acid production in buffalo (Bos bubalis) calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

U. B. Singh ,
D. N. Verma ,
A. Varma  and
S. K. Ranjhan
U. B. Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, UP, India
D. N. Verma
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, UP, India
A. Varma
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, UP, India
S. K. Ranjhan
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, UP, India
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1. The production rates of bacteria in the rumen of buffalo (Bos bubalis) calves were estimated using an isotope-dilution technique. A series of fifteen experiments was done with animals given green maize and nine experiments with animals given cowpea (Vigna unguiculata).

2. The turnover time ranged from 205 to 567 min in the group given green maize and from 330 to 648 min in animals offered cowpea. The production rates of bacteria were (mean±SE; g/d) 145.77±7.240 and 237.09±11.847 in animals given green maize and cowpea respectively.

3. There was a significant correlation between bacterial production rates and dry matter intake, digestible organic matter and total volatile fatty acids formed in the rumen.

4. Regression equations obtained for the two foodstuffs were different suggesting that the bacterial growth rate may vary depending upon the quantity and quality of foodstuff digested and possibly the ratio nitrogen: energy of the foodstuff.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , November 1977 , pp. 335 - 340
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1977

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