The buffering capacity of caecal digesta exceeds that of rumen digesta from sheep fed pasture or roughage diets

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The buffering capacity of caecal digesta exceeds that of rumen digesta from sheep fed pasture or roughage diets

Ding, Z.; Rowe, J. B.; Godwin, I. R.; Xu, Y.
URI: http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/30461
Full Text: http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=A96151.pdf
Date: 1997

Abstract:

The buffering capacities of caecal and rumen digesta of sheep on different diets were determined by titration with lactic, acetic, and hydrochloric acids, and certain factors affecting the buffering capacity of rumen digesta were studied. Both rumen and caecal digesta had maximal buffering capacity at pH 6

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