Comparison of buffalo rumen liquor and buffalo faeces as inoculum for the in vitro gas production technique

The in vitro gas production technique (IVGPT, Theodorou et al., 1994) requires a rumen liquor (RL) inoculum, as the other methods utilising a microbial fermentation approach to feedstuff evaluation. However, the RL is collected either from animals fitted with rumen cannula or at slaughtering. This r...

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Main Authors: V. Piccolo, M.P. Gazaneo, F. Zicarelli, R. Tudisco, S. Calabrò, M.I. Cutrignelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/740