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Rumen methanogenic genotypes differ in abundance according to host residual feed intake phenotype and diet type.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Carberry Ciara A, Waters Sinéad M, Waters Sinead M, Kenny David A, Creevey Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Methane is an undesirable end product of rumen fermentative activity because of associated environmental impacts and reduced host feed efficiency. Our study characterized the rumen microbial methanogenic community in beef cattle divergently selected for phenotypic residual feed intake (RFI) while offered a high-forage (HF) diet followed by a low-forage (LF) diet. Rumen fluid was collected from 14 high-RFI (HRFI)...
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