PROTOZOAL CONTRIBUTION TO NITROGEN DIGESTION IN SHEEP
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 64 (5) , 20-21
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas84-136
Abstract
Compared with defaunated sheep, the large protozoal population of faunated sheep fed a diet high in poorly degradable protein decreased both microbial and dietary protein flows into the duodenum which indicated that protozoa increased ruminal protein degradability. Protozoal nitrogen represented 20% of the total microbial nitrogen in the duodenum. Key words: Protozoa, microbial proteins, sheep, protein degradabilityKeywords
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