Abstract
Sheep fed a hay-concentrate diet were adapted to pectin administration and ruminal infusion of methanol. Both treatments resulted in a strong increase in the rate of methanogenesis from methanol. Quantitative data show that methanol was exclusively converted into methane. Treatments did not influence ruminal volatile fatty acid percentages.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Euryarchaeota / metabolism*
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Fatty Acids, Volatile / analysis
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Fermentation
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Methane / biosynthesis
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Methanol / metabolism*
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Pectins / metabolism
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Rumen / metabolism
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Rumen / microbiology*
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Sheep / metabolism
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Sheep / microbiology*
Substances
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Fatty Acids, Volatile
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Pectins
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Methane
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Methanol