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The effect of bromoethanesulphonic acid on gas production during an in vitro rumen fermentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

D. R. Davies ,
E. L. Bakewell ,
D. K. Leemans  and
R. J. Merry
D. R. Davies
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB
E. L. Bakewell
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB
D. K. Leemans
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB
R. J. Merry
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB
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Pressure transducer technology to measure gas production from microbial ecosystems has been utilized in a number of ways but predominantly for food evaluation. The approach also has considerable potential to increase our understanding of, and ability to manipulate, the rumen microbial ecosystem, but most research to date has concentrated on measurement of total gas production and not composition. The aim of this study was to extend the scope of the gas production technique to the quantitation of component gases, whilst investigating ruminal gas production in the presence and absence of methanogens.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 22: In vitro techniques for measuring nutrient supply to ruminants , 1998 , pp. 193 - 194
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1998

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