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Comparative study of rumen activity in churra and merino sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M.D. Carro ,
F.J. Giráldez ,
M.J. Ranilla ,
J.S. González  and
A.R. Mantecón
M.D. Carro
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal I, Universidad de León, 24007 LEON, SPAIN.
F.J. Giráldez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal I, Universidad de León, 24007 LEON, SPAIN.
M.J. Ranilla
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal I, Universidad de León, 24007 LEON, SPAIN.
J.S. González
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal I, Universidad de León, 24007 LEON, SPAIN.
A.R. Mantecón
Affiliation:
EAE-CSIC, Aptdo. 788. 24080 LEON, SPAIN.
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Some recent studies (Frutos et al., 1992) comparing Spanish sheep breeds have indicate possible differences between breeds in the digestive diet utilization. The aim of this experiment was to compare the activity of microbies in the rumens of Churra and Merino sheep which were kept in the same environment and received the same diets. The pH and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) concentration in rumen liquor were also determined in all animals.

The experiment was conducted with 5 mature Churra sheep (47.2 ± 2.74 kg live weight (LW)) and 5 mature Merino sheep (45.0 ± 0.91 kg LW), which had been fitted with a rumen cannula of 35 mm diameter 4 months before the start of the experiment. All animals were housed in individual pens and had free access to water and mineral blocks. The animals received alfalfa hay at maintenance level through the experimental period, which was distributed in two equal amounts at 10:00 and 18:00 h.

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Ruminant Metabolism
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 174
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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