The object of the present study was to investigate the stimulatory
or inhibitory effects of barium, boron, bromine, cadmium,
chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, iodine, iron, manganese,
molybdenum, nickel, rubidium, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and
zinc upon in vitro rumen microbial activity as measured by the amount
of cellulose digested. Washed suspensions...
A series of factorial experiments (4 x 4 and 4 x 4 x 4) was designed
to investigate the effects of selected combinations of some
major and trace elements upon in vitro rumen cellulose digestion.
Inocula, varying in ratios of clarified rumen fluid (strained through
No. 50 cheesecloth and centrifuged...
