Effect of anaerobic fungi on the ruminal proteolysis in gnotobiotic lambs.
The establishment of a fungal population composed of the main species usually found in ruminants in the rumen of gnotobiotic lambs did not significantly alter the in sacco digestibility of meat meal and soybean cake. The proteolytic activity of the rumen fluid against 14C-casein was not affected by the fungi. Therefore, these microorganisms probably do not play an important role in the degradation of proteins in the rumen.
Bonnemoy
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INRA, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
Fonty
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Michel
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Gouet
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D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D008460:Meat; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology*; D013025:Glycine max
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins