Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-9pm4c Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-27T03:14:19.066Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The interactive effects of monensin treatment and diet composition on in vitro semi-continuous rumen fermentation using Rusitec

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

E.D. Mackintosh
Affiliation:
Centre far Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Arborfield Hall Farm, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9HX, United Kingdom
R.H. Phipps
Affiliation:
Centre far Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Arborfield Hall Farm, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9HX, United Kingdom
J.D. Sutton
Affiliation:
Centre far Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Arborfield Hall Farm, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9HX, United Kingdom
J. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Elanco Animal Health, P.O. Box 708, Greenfield, Indiana 46140, United States of America
Get access

Extract

Rusitec has become the method of choice when studying the in vitro ruminal effects of the gram-positive ionophore monensin. The objective of the current study was to determine the in vitro effects of monensin treatment on volatile fatty acid (VFA) molar production and methane production from two complete diets which varied in maize silage:grass silage ratio and NaOH treated wheat grain:molassed sugar beet feed (MSBF) ratio.

Type
Programme
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)