Effects of marine and freshwater macroalgae on in vitro total gas and methane production.

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of twenty species of tropical macroalgae on in vitro fermentation parameters, total gas production (TGP) and methane (CH4) production when incubated in rumen fluid from cattle fed a low quality roughage diet. Primary biochemical parameters of macroalgae were...

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Main Authors: Lorenna Machado, Marie Magnusson, Nicholas A Paul, Rocky de Nys, Nigel Tomkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3898960?pdf=render