DIFFICULTIES IN DEFAUNATION OF THE OVINE RUMEN
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 62 (1) , 299-303
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas82-032
Abstract
Three defaunation procedures, two utilizing surface active agents and one involving washing the rumen wall with formaldehyde, were used in an attempt to obtain protozoa-free sheep. Only one treatment produced a sheep free from detectable numbers of protozoa for a period longer than 24 days. In addition, the debilitating side-effects of the treatments on the animals complicated the defaunation experiments. Key words: Ovine, rumen, defaunation, protozoa, detergentThis publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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