Rate of Acetic Acid Production in the Rumen Determined by Isotope Dilution.
- 1 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 101 (4) , 715-717
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-101-25071
Abstract
It was found by the technique of isotope dilution using acetate- 1-C14 that the normal sheep on an all-hay ration produced acetic acid in its rumen by bacterial synthesis at the rate of 0.126 millimole per ml of rumen liquor for the 7-hour period following feeding. Radioactivity was found in the other rumen volatile fatty acid (propionic, butyric and higher acids) demonstrating their formation from acetic acid in the rumen.Keywords
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