Effect of monensin on fermentation characteristics of the artificial rumen.
Addition of monensin (Rumensin, Eli Lilly and Co.) to an artificial rumen immediately depressed the digestion of roughage and of roughage/concentrate (50:50) feeds. Methane and propionate production were affected only with the roughage/concentrate feed.
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D005285:Fermentation / Q000187:drug effects; D005663:Furans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008985:Monensin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology
D005663:Furans; D011422:Propionates; D008985:Monensin; D008697:Methane