Effect of environmental temperature and β-adrenergic agonist supplementation on rumen volatile fatty acid production in sheep.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Duffy, Erin M; Wilson, Hannah C; Schmidt, Ty B; Yates, Dustin T; Petersen, Jessica L
- Source
- Translational Animal Science; 2019 Supplement, Vol. 3, p1744-1748, 5p
- Subject
- ADRENERGIC agonists
NUTRITIVE value of feeds
RUMEN microbiology
RUMINATION (Digestion)
FATTY acids
- Language
- ISSN
- 25732102
The article presents a study examining effect of environmental temperature and β-adrenergic agonist supplementation on rumen volatile fatty acid production in sheep. Topics discussed include environmental and dietary factors that affect ruminant livestock performance; energy used by ruminants is mainly derived from volatile fatty acids (VFA); and ways in which heat stress (HS) events can affect ruminal microbial populations.