Rumen Microbiology

Introduction to Micro-organisms in the Rumen, Their Activities and Interactions in the Digestion of Plant Materials

B.A. Dehority (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

382 Seiten

2003
Nottingham University Press (Verlag)
978-1-897676-99-8 (ISBN)

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The ability of herbivores, especially ruminants, to convert energy from cellulose to milk and other products, is both of interest and economic importance. Understanding this ability can aid nutritionists in developing foodstuffs for various ruminants. This book offers an introduction to the microbes and microbial activity that occurs in the rumen.

This book offers an introduction to the microbes and microbial activity of the rumen. It offers an in-depth description of rumen bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Information is given on microbial concentrations and those factors which control or influence their numbers in the rumen. Both the synergism and negative effects resulting from microbial interactions are discussed.

Burk Dehority's career has been primarily in research and graduate education and he currently holds the position of Professor at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, a unit of The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.

Preface * Herbivores: animals adapted through microbial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract to feed solely on plant materials * Gross anatomy, physiology and environment of the ruminant stomach * Classification and morphology of rumen protozoa * Establishment, numbers and diurnal changes in concentration of rumen protozoa * Metabolism, nutrition and growth of rumen protozoa * Distribution, specificity and role of the rumen protozoa * Rumen bacteria - history, methods of in vitro cultivation, and discussion of mixed culture fermentations * Cellulose digesting rumen bacteria * Species of rumen bacteria active in the fermentation of hemicellulose * Pectin-fermenting species of rumen bacteria * Starch digestors, other less numerous species, and facultative anaerobes in the rumen * Numbers, factors affecting the population and distribution of rumen bacteria * Rumen fungi * Additional metabolic activities and interactions among rumen micro- organisms * Appendix * Index

Zusatzinfo	black & white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-897676-99-9 / 1897676999
ISBN-13	978-1-897676-99-8 / 9781897676998
Zustand	Neuware