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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 87-88-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 506; Dairy; Bypass protein; Animal performance; Rumen microbes
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Bypass Protein-Theory And Concept (1986), D.L. Harmon, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja
Bypass Protein-Theory And Concept (1986), D.L. Harmon, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
The ruminant animal has the unique advantage of microbial digestion in the rumen. This relationship between host animal and microbial population presents some unique advantages and disadvantages to the animal in terms of using dietary nutrients. The greatest advantage, obviously, is the utilization of dietary fiber. The microbes digest these feedstuffs and derive energy for their growth and maintenance while producing volatile fatty acids for the energy needs of the host animal. Other important products of this microbial digestion are the microbes themselves. They supply the major portion of the animal's protein needs as microbial protein. However, it is inefficient …