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- Title
Effect of environmental temperature and β-adrenergic agonist supplementation on rumen volatile fatty acid production in sheep.
- Authors
Duffy, Erin M; Wilson, Hannah C; Schmidt, Ty B; Yates, Dustin T; Petersen, Jessica L
- Abstract
The article presents a study examining effect of environmental temperature and β-adrenergic agonist supplementation on rumen volatile fatty acid production in sheep. Topics discussed include environmental and dietary factors that affect ruminant livestock performance; energy used by ruminants is mainly derived from volatile fatty acids (VFA); and ways in which heat stress (HS) events can affect ruminal microbial populations.
- Subjects
ADRENERGIC agonists; NUTRITIVE value of feeds; RUMEN microbiology; RUMINATION (Digestion); FATTY acids
- Publication
Translational Animal Science, 2019, Vol 3, p1744
- ISSN
2573-2102
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tas/txz079