Estimation Of Ruminal Methane Production From Measurement Of Volatile Fatty Acid Production

Title
Estimation Of Ruminal Methane Production From Measurement Of Volatile Fatty Acid Production
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Hegarty, Roger
Nolan, John V
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-950X
Email: jnolan@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jnolan
Editor
Editor(s): Harinder PS Makkar and Philip E Vercoe
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2686
Abstract
Reduction of carbon dioxide to methane is one of the terminal steps in electron transfer within the network of fermentation reactions conducted by rumen micro-organisms. Clearing the rumen of hydrogen gas by methanogenesis allows ongoing regeneration... and the continuous conversion of dietary carbohydrate and protein into microbial cells and volatile fatty acids (VFA). Given this mechanistic link between fermentation and methanogenesis, it is not surprising that stoichiometric associations based on hydrogen recovery have been considered to be the basis for linking methane production and VFA production data (8,16,26). The association is quite strong when fermentation occurs in a normal manner but is uncoupled when methane inhibitors are included, presumably because alternative hydrogen pathways are induced.
Link
Citation
Measuring Methane Production from Ruminants, p. 69-92
ISBN
9781402061325
Start page
69
End page
92

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