A study of nutritional status of Finnish reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus L.) in differents months: I. Composition and volume of the rumen microbiota

The rumen microbiota were studied in free-ranging semi-domestic reindeer in Finnish Lapland under the nutritional conditions obtaining at two different sampling times. Qualitative and quantitative investigations were made of the rumen ciliate fauna and quantitative investigations of the rumen bacter...

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Main Authors: Liisa Syrjälä, Vappu Kossila, Helena Sipilä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 1973-12-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/71840