Rumen Microbial Ecology And Rumen-Derived Fatty Acids: Determinants Of And Relationship To Dairy Cow Production Performance
Rumen microbiota enable dairy cattle to breakdown fiber into useable energy for milk production. Rumen bacteria, protozoa, and fungi ferment feedstuff into volatile fatty acids (VFA), the main energy source, while methanogens utilize fermentation by-products to produce methane. Milk fat contains sev...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
| Published: |
ScholarWorks @ UVM
2017
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/665 http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1664&context=graddis |