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Fiber Digestion Using the Miniature Artificial Rumen

National Dairy Research Laboratories, Oakdale, Long Island, N. Y.

ABSTRACT

A miniature artificial rumen technique for studying fiber digestion by rumen bacteria and a method for determining fiber was described. The reproducibility, uses, and limitations of the technique were discussed. One example of the use of this technique was a study of the in vitro effect of antibiotics on the digestion of fiber by rumen bacteria. The use of the miniature artificial rumen in field work was described. Other uses of this procedure were suggested.