Effects of grain processing methods on the expression of genes involved in volatile fatty acid transport and pH regulation, and keratinization in rumen epithelium of beef cattle.

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of corn and sorghum with different processing methods on the expression of genes involved in volatile fatty acids transport and pH regulation, and ruminal keratinization in rumen epithelium of finishing bulls. For Exp. 1, five rumen cannulated...

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Main Authors: Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti, Breno de Castro Silva, Marcos Vinícius Carneiro Pacheco, Nicola Vergara Lopes Serão, Ivan Carvalho Filho, Mariana Mescouto Lopes, Marcos Inácio Marcondes, Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Edenio Detmann, Marcio de Souza Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6002044?pdf=render