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Microbial activity in grass-fed in-vitro continuous cultures in response to infusion of graded levels of soluble sugars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M.R.F. Lee ,
D.K. Leemans ,
D.R. Davies ,
R.J. Merry ,
J. M. Moorby ,
M.O. Humphreys ,
M.K. Theodorou ,
J.C. MacRae  and
N. D. Scollan
M.R.F. Lee
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
D.K. Leemans
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
D.R. Davies
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
R.J. Merry
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
J. M. Moorby
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
M.O. Humphreys
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
M.K. Theodorou
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
J.C. MacRae
Affiliation:
Rowett Research institute, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
N. D. Scollan
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
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Novel lines of high sugar ryegrass have been shown to increase the efficiency of N use and milk production in zero-grazed cattle (Miller et al., 1999). An experiment was carried out to determine whether this was in part due to an increase in the efficiency of microbial protein synthesis in response to the amount and availability of water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) increasing the balance between energy and nitrogen supply to the rumen microbial population.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 29
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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