A unifying mathematical analysis of methods to estimate rumen volume using digesta markers and intraruminal sampling.
A theoretical exposition of methods for estimating the quantity of digesta in the rumen using digesta-flow markers and intraruminal sampling is given, with emphasis on the kinetic assumptions underlying each method. Single- and dual-marker approaches to estimating volume in steady and non-steady-state are presented.
France
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AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Maidenhead, Berkshire, U.K.
Siddons
R C
RC
Dhanoa
M S
MS
Thornley
J H
JH
D000818:Animals; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D012417:Rumen / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013048:Specimen Handling