Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0003356100026295 How to cite this article: J. E. Troelsen and J. B. Campbell (1968). Voluntary consumption of forage by sheep and its relation to the size and shape of particles in the digestive tract.

A total af t26 atf^lf^otr".r, .trtfoT1l$o"" populations, were grown in three replicates-

A two-stage in vitro aig*stitiuryT"i#lfl^ used to study variations in the viabiliry oT the rumen"microfl6ra among nine sheep on thiee different days.Interactions between the two stages of ihe technioire were studied from the effect of rnicrobial fermentation -time on the dieeitibiliry of cellulose, noncellulosic orsanic matter. and orsanic marter in ilfalfa hiv and wheat straw.Small sporadic differences amon'g animals were less significant than those between days.

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