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Use of fodder resources by ruminants in warm climate countries p. 11

C. Devendra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960601

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Critical review of chemical and enzymatic methods for the estimation of nutritive value in roughages p. 21

J. Aufrère and H. Guérin

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Biological methods to predict the nutritive value of tropical and mediterranean feedstuffs: a critical review p. 39

P. Susmel and S. Filacorda

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Modèle d'évolution de la croissance de boeufs Ndama exploitant les repousses après feux en savane de la zone guinéenne au Zaïre (Ranch de Kolo) p. 52

Ph Lecomte, P. Frère, JF Renard and R. Oger

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960604

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Prédiction des paramètres de la valeur alimentaire des repousses de la végétation naturelle de savanne de la zone tropicale humide par la technique de Spectrométrie dans le Proche InfraRouge p. 53

Ph Lecomte, R. Agneessens, Ph Hellemans, P. Dardenne and A. Buldgen

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Valeur alimentaire de régimes à base de cactus inerme (Opunfia ficus indica var. Inermis) et d'Atriplex (Atriplex nummularia) p. 54

A. Nefzaoui

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Caractérisation des variations saisonnières de la qualité des repousses des végétations naturelles de savane en région guinéenne (Ranch de l'Adélé, Togo) p. 55

Ph Lecomte, A. Buldgen, Ph Hellemans and R. Compère

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Classification spectrale de fourrages tropicaux ligneux et prévision des paramètres de la valeur alimentaire par Spectrométrie dans le Proche InfraRouge (SPIR) p. 56

G. Sinnaeve, B. Arbelot, H. Guérin, Ph Lecomte and P. Dardenne

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Valeur alimentaire des noyaux de dattes et effet du taux d'incorporation dans la ration p. 57

B. Vanabelle and Y. Larondelle

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Etude de la production et de la composition chimique de végétations pastorales en Crau au printemps p. 58

T. Adama, D. Hubert and J. Gouy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960610

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Studies on protein degradation and carbohydrate fermentation of the grasses from the winter pastures in northwest China p. 59

J-Q Wang

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Biomasse végétale et production fourragère sur terres de parcours sous climat méditerranéen ou tropical sec p. 61

M. Etienne

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Food intake of grazing ruminants with emphasis on Mediterranean grazing lands p. 73

AS Nastis and R. Cordesse

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Influence du séchage sur la digestibilité des feuilles de deux légumineuses arbustives p. 81

S. Touré-Fall, D. Friot, B. Michalet-Doreau and D. Richard

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960614

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Grazing of barley stubble by sheep in Syria: effect of stocking rate, supplement type and level on apparent intake of stubble and on body weight change p. 82

S. Rihawi, AV Goodchild, TT Treacher and E. Owen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960615

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Corn stubble grazing by steers after mechanical grain harvest. 1. Stubble fractions changing through grazing periods p. 83

JA Josifovich and OJ Scheneiter

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Corn stubble grazing by steers after mechanical grain harvest. 2. Animal diet selectivity through grazing periods p. 84

JA Josifovich and OJ Scheneiter

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Automatic recording of various aspects of foraging behaviour p. 85

SM Rutter, RA Champion and PD Penning

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Simulation de la ration ingérée par des brebis sur végétations pastorales de Crau. Approche à partir d'études de végétation p. 86

D. Hubert, P. Lapeyronie and G. Molénat

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Organizing a grazing route to motivate intake on coarse resources p. 87

M. Meuret

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Methods for improving the nutritive value of fibrous feed: treatment and supplementation p. 89

M. Wanapat, M. Chenost, F. Munoz and C. Kayouli

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Sustainable feeding systems based on the use of local resources p. 105

PP Roggero, S. Bellon and M. Rosales

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A traditional technique as an alternative to plastic sheet for covering urea-treated straw : digestibility and growth trials p. 119

H. Ben Salem, A. Nefzaoui, A. Messaoudi and T. Ben Arif

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La complémentation azotée du cactus inerme pour les ovins. Effet de la source d'azote p. 120

A. Nefzaoui, H. Ben Salem and Lamia Ben Salem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960624

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La bruyère arborescente (Erica arborea), un ligneux bien valorisé par des chèvres laitières en zone méditerranéenne française p. 121

JP Goby and JJ Rochon

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L'addition de tourteau de coton dans les blocs mélasse-urée p. 122

RH Bosma and S. Bagayogo

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Amélioration de l'utilisation par les bovins des chaumes de Sorghum bicolor par le hachage et la complémentation p. 123

RH Bosma and K. Bengaly

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Effet du traitement de la paille de brousse à l'urée et de la complémentation sur la consommation de paille, le poids vif et la note d'état corporel des ovins sahéliens en saison sèche p. 124

M. Cissé, A. Fall, AM Sow, P. Gongnet and A. Korrea

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The effects of urine level, duration of treatment and moisture level on nutritive value of wheat straw p. 125

VAP Cadavez and AA Dias-Da-Silva

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Integration of the fibrous feed improvement methods in the feeding systems in Asia as influenced by socio economical aspects p. 127

F. Dolberg

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Analyse économique et facteurs d'adoption de la complémentation des boeufs de traction au Mali p. 133

RH Bosma, H. Dioura, S. Bagayogo and K. Bengaly

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Supplementation of Zebu cattle grazing Sahelian pasture- nutritional and economic aspects p. 134

E. Schlecht, M. Sangaré and K. Becker

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Evolution de l'état corporel de brebis Mérinos d'Arles en fonction de la ressource fourragère de printemps. Répercussion sur les performances ultérieures p. 135

P. Lapeyronie, G. Molénat and M. Vincent

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Systèmes d'alimentation durables basés sur les ressources fourragères locales p. 136

B. Peyre de Fabrègues and G. Forgiarini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19960634

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Use of mathematics and statistics in nutrition modelling p. 143

G. Ciuperca, R. Tomassone and JP Flandrois

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Methods in modelling feeding behaviour and intake in herbivores p. 153

DR Mertens

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Growth functions and their application in animal science p. 165

J. France, J. Dijkstra and MS Dhanoa

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A comparative evaluation of models of whole rumen function p. 175

J. Dijkstra and J. France

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Growth in ruminants: a comparison of some mechanistic models p. 193

Ph Schmidely

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A comparative evaluation of models of lactating ruminant p. 215

D. Sauvant

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Discussion of methods in building and validating a model: example of amino acid metabolism in ruminants p. 237

P. Lescoat, A. Danfær and D. Sauvant

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Comparison of available software for dynamic modeling p. 257

J. Van Milgen, R. Boston, R. Kohn and J. Ferguson

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The use of oligonucleotide probes to study the ecology of ruminal microbial populations p. 281

RI Mackie

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Use of 18S-rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for detection and quantification of anaerobic fungi in the rumen of different animals p. 286

L. Millet, G. Fonty and Ph Gouet

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Chitinolytic bacteria in the minke whale forestomach p. 287

MA Olsen, TH Aagnes, W. Sørmo and SD Mathiesen

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Interactions of rumen chitinolytic bacterium, Clostridium tertium with anaerobic fungi p. 288

B. Hodrova and J. Kopecny

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Inhibition of the ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus flavefaciens by ruminal fungi p. 289

KN Joblin and GE Naylor

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Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by rumen bacteria and fungi p. 291

E. Forano, V. Broussolle and R. Durand

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Ability of the rumen ciliate protozoon Eudiplodinium maggii to digest and ferment microcrystalline cellulose p. 296

T. Michalowski

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Effect of the source of carbohydrate supplement on bacterial adhesion and digestion of straw cell wall p. 297

A. Barrios, M. Fondevila, JM Peiro and C. Castrillo

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Competition between ruminal cellulolytic bacteria for adhesion to cellulose p. 298

P. Mosoni, G. Fonty and Ph Gouet

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Production and properties of yellow affinity substances by Ruminococcus flavefaciens p. 299

J. Kopecny, J. Simunek and B. Hodrova

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The proteolytic systems of ruminal microorganisms p. 301

RJ Wallace

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Energy condition affects fermentation rate of Streptococcus bovis without changing fermentation pattern p. 309

K. Miyasaki, M. Matsumoto, K. Ushida and Y. Kojima

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Phosphoketolase activity in ruminal butyrivibrios p. 310

M. Marounek and D. Duskova

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Metabolism of the three stereoisomers of 2,6-diaminopimelic acid by rumen microorganisms p. 311

AM El-Waziry, RM Amin, JR Ling, Y. Tomita and R. Onodera

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Plant enzyme mediated proteolysis in herbage incubated anaerobically in the presence and absence of rumen microorganisms p. 312

RJ Merry, MK Theodorou, DR Davies, D. Troncoso, G. Pichard and H. Thomas

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Ruminal methanogenesis and its alternatives p. 313

G. Fonty and B. Morvan

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Competition for hydrogen in the rumen p. 319

SK Baker

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Effect of initial sulfate level on electron partition between methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in the rumen p. 320

Y. Ohashi, K. Ushida, K. Miyasaki and Y. Kojima

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Potential for functional replacement of methanogenic bacteria by acetogenic bacteria in the rumen environment p. 321

P. Boccazzi and JA Patterson

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The effect of mucins on initiating reductive acetogenesis in vitro p. 322

D. Fiedler, I. Immig, C. Van Nevel and D. Demeyer

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Detoxification in the rumen p. 323

MG Dominguez-Bello

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Probiotics for ruminants p. 329

CJ Newbold

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Comparative effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus oryzae on rumen fermentations p. 336

F. Mathieu, JP Jouany, G. Bertin and J. Senaud

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Effect of yeast culture, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, on ruminal fermentation during adaptation to high-concentrate feeding p. 337

B. Michalet-Doreau and D. Morand

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Effects of live cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on in vitro lactate utilization by Megasphaera elsdenii and on the interactions between Streptococcus bovis and M. elsdenii grown on glucose p. 338

F. Chaucheyras, G. Fonty, G. Bertin and Ph Gouet

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Molecular ecology of the human colonic microflora based on the utilization of ribosomal RNA-targeted hybridization probes p. 339

J. Doré

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Prospects for the gene manipulation of Streptococcus bovis p. 340

P. Javorsky, I. Vanat, P. Pristas, M. Pravdova, I. Styriak and V. Kmet

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DNA fingerprints of anaerobic fungi p. 341

K. Fliegerova, S. Pazoutova, V. Kostyukovsky and J. Kopecny

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A novel host-vector system for Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens and its possible use for developing more fibrolytic rumen bacteria p. 342

Y. Kobayashi, N. Okuda, M. Wakita and S. Hoshino

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Plasmid analysis of Selenomonas ruminantium strains isolated from the rumen of fallow deer p. 343

I. Vanat, P. Pristas and P. Javorsky

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A study of molecular mechanisms for spreading of kanamycin resistance gene among ruminal bacteria p. 344

P. Pristas, I. Vanat, N. Kostrabova and P. Javorsky

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Location of glycosidases and two xylanases in strictly anaerobic rumen fungi p. 345

B. Gaillard-Martinie, A. Breton, B. Kherratia and M. Dusser

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Detection and quantification of cellulolytic bacteria in the equine caecum using oligonucleotide probes targeting 16S rRNA p. 346

L. Millet, V. Julliand and G. Fonty

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Biochemical characterization of the Fibrobacter succinogenes endoglucanase EGC, analysis of its gene and protein domains p. 347

C. Bera, E. Forano, G. Gaudet and Y. Ribot

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Amylolytic activity of solid-adherent microorganisms in rumen content and bag residues: influence of diet and nature of cereals into bags p. 348

P. Nozière and B. Michalet-Doreau

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Contribution of «in situ» NMR to the study of the glucose metabolism of different strains of Fibrobacter species p. 349

C. Matheron, A-M Delort, G. Gaudet and E. Forano

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Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of acetogenic sporulated cocci isolated from the rumen p. 350

F. Rieu-Lesme, C. Dauga, B. Morvan, G. Fonty and J. Doré

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Evidence for methane oxidation in rumen fluid in vitro p. 351

C. Valdés, CJ Newbold, K. Hillman and RJ Wallace

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Electrolysed palladium has the potential to increase methane production by a mixed rumen population in vitro p. 352

KA Munyard and SK Baker

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Mixotrophy by rumen acetogenic bacteria in the utilization of hydrogen and sugars p. 354

B. Morvan and G. Fonty

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Taxonomical and physiological characteristics of H₂/CO₂-utilizing acetogenic bacteria from the human colon p. 355

M. Leclerc, A. Bernalier, L. Elfoul, G. Donadille and A. Willems

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Electroporation of G⁺ host plasmids into Selenomonas ruminantium p. 356

J. Kopecny, V. Kostyukovsky and K. Fliegerova

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Molecular characterization of genes encoding enzymes of the metabolic pathways in Neocallimastix frontalis. An insight into the structure and organization of genes from an anaerobic fungus p. 357

R. Durand, M. Fischer and M. Fèvre

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The effects of formaldehyde treatment on the degradation of soybean meal and microbial fermentation in the rumen p. 358

JQ Wang

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Exploitation of rumen microbial enzymes to benefit ruminant production p. 359

KJ Cheng, TA McAllister, LB Selinger, LJ Yanke, HD Bea, CW Forsberg and JA Shelford

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Competition for hydrogen between acetogenic bacteria and methanogenic archaea p. 363

B. Morvan and G. Fonty

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Annales de Zootechnie

Volume 45 / No Suppl. 1 (1996)

Satellite Symposiums of the IVth International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores

Use of fodder resources by ruminants in warm climate countries p. 11

Critical review of chemical and enzymatic methods for the estimation of nutritive value in roughages p. 21

Biological methods to predict the nutritive value of tropical and mediterranean feedstuffs: a critical review p. 39

Modèle d'évolution de la croissance de boeufs Ndama exploitant les repousses après feux en savane de la zone guinéenne au Zaïre (Ranch de Kolo) p. 52

Prédiction des paramètres de la valeur alimentaire des repousses de la végétation naturelle de savanne de la zone tropicale humide par la technique de Spectrométrie dans le Proche InfraRouge p. 53

Valeur alimentaire de régimes à base de cactus inerme (Opunfia ficus indica var. Inermis) et d'Atriplex (Atriplex nummularia) p. 54

Caractérisation des variations saisonnières de la qualité des repousses des végétations naturelles de savane en région guinéenne (Ranch de l'Adélé, Togo) p. 55

Classification spectrale de fourrages tropicaux ligneux et prévision des paramètres de la valeur alimentaire par Spectrométrie dans le Proche InfraRouge (SPIR) p. 56

Valeur alimentaire des noyaux de dattes et effet du taux d'incorporation dans la ration p. 57

Etude de la production et de la composition chimique de végétations pastorales en Crau au printemps p. 58

Studies on protein degradation and carbohydrate fermentation of the grasses from the winter pastures in northwest China p. 59

Biomasse végétale et production fourragère sur terres de parcours sous climat méditerranéen ou tropical sec p. 61

Food intake of grazing ruminants with emphasis on Mediterranean grazing lands p. 73

Influence du séchage sur la digestibilité des feuilles de deux légumineuses arbustives p. 81

Grazing of barley stubble by sheep in Syria: effect of stocking rate, supplement type and level on apparent intake of stubble and on body weight change p. 82

Corn stubble grazing by steers after mechanical grain harvest. 1. Stubble fractions changing through grazing periods p. 83

Corn stubble grazing by steers after mechanical grain harvest. 2. Animal diet selectivity through grazing periods p. 84

Automatic recording of various aspects of foraging behaviour p. 85

Simulation de la ration ingérée par des brebis sur végétations pastorales de Crau. Approche à partir d'études de végétation p. 86

Organizing a grazing route to motivate intake on coarse resources p. 87

Methods for improving the nutritive value of fibrous feed: treatment and supplementation p. 89

Sustainable feeding systems based on the use of local resources p. 105

A traditional technique as an alternative to plastic sheet for covering urea-treated straw : digestibility and growth trials p. 119

La complémentation azotée du cactus inerme pour les ovins. Effet de la source d'azote p. 120

La bruyère arborescente (Erica arborea), un ligneux bien valorisé par des chèvres laitières en zone méditerranéenne française p. 121

L'addition de tourteau de coton dans les blocs mélasse-urée p. 122

Amélioration de l'utilisation par les bovins des chaumes de Sorghum bicolor par le hachage et la complémentation p. 123

Effet du traitement de la paille de brousse à l'urée et de la complémentation sur la consommation de paille, le poids vif et la note d'état corporel des ovins sahéliens en saison sèche p. 124

The effects of urine level, duration of treatment and moisture level on nutritive value of wheat straw p. 125

Integration of the fibrous feed improvement methods in the feeding systems in Asia as influenced by socio economical aspects p. 127

Analyse économique et facteurs d'adoption de la complémentation des boeufs de traction au Mali p. 133

Supplementation of Zebu cattle grazing Sahelian pasture- nutritional and economic aspects p. 134

Evolution de l'état corporel de brebis Mérinos d'Arles en fonction de la ressource fourragère de printemps. Répercussion sur les performances ultérieures p. 135

Systèmes d'alimentation durables basés sur les ressources fourragères locales p. 136

Use of mathematics and statistics in nutrition modelling p. 143

Methods in modelling feeding behaviour and intake in herbivores p. 153

Growth functions and their application in animal science p. 165

A comparative evaluation of models of whole rumen function p. 175

Growth in ruminants: a comparison of some mechanistic models p. 193

A comparative evaluation of models of lactating ruminant p. 215

Discussion of methods in building and validating a model: example of amino acid metabolism in ruminants p. 237

Comparison of available software for dynamic modeling p. 257

The use of oligonucleotide probes to study the ecology of ruminal microbial populations p. 281

Use of 18S-rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for detection and quantification of anaerobic fungi in the rumen of different animals p. 286

Chitinolytic bacteria in the minke whale forestomach p. 287

Interactions of rumen chitinolytic bacterium, Clostridium tertium with anaerobic fungi p. 288

Inhibition of the ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus flavefaciens by ruminal fungi p. 289

Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by rumen bacteria and fungi p. 291

Ability of the rumen ciliate protozoon Eudiplodinium maggii to digest and ferment microcrystalline cellulose p. 296

Effect of the source of carbohydrate supplement on bacterial adhesion and digestion of straw cell wall p. 297

Competition between ruminal cellulolytic bacteria for adhesion to cellulose p. 298

Production and properties of yellow affinity substances by Ruminococcus flavefaciens p. 299

The proteolytic systems of ruminal microorganisms p. 301

Energy condition affects fermentation rate of Streptococcus bovis without changing fermentation pattern p. 309

Phosphoketolase activity in ruminal butyrivibrios p. 310

Metabolism of the three stereoisomers of 2,6-diaminopimelic acid by rumen microorganisms p. 311

Plant enzyme mediated proteolysis in herbage incubated anaerobically in the presence and absence of rumen microorganisms p. 312

Ruminal methanogenesis and its alternatives p. 313

Competition for hydrogen in the rumen p. 319

Effect of initial sulfate level on electron partition between methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in the rumen p. 320

Potential for functional replacement of methanogenic bacteria by acetogenic bacteria in the rumen environment p. 321

The effect of mucins on initiating reductive acetogenesis in vitro p. 322

Detoxification in the rumen p. 323

Probiotics for ruminants p. 329

Comparative effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus oryzae on rumen fermentations p. 336

Effect of yeast culture, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, on ruminal fermentation during adaptation to high-concentrate feeding p. 337

Effects of live cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on in vitro lactate utilization by Megasphaera elsdenii and on the interactions between Streptococcus bovis and M. elsdenii grown on glucose p. 338

Molecular ecology of the human colonic microflora based on the utilization of ribosomal RNA-targeted hybridization probes p. 339

Prospects for the gene manipulation of Streptococcus bovis p. 340

DNA fingerprints of anaerobic fungi p. 341

A novel host-vector system for Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens and its possible use for developing more fibrolytic rumen bacteria p. 342

Plasmid analysis of Selenomonas ruminantium strains isolated from the rumen of fallow deer p. 343

A study of molecular mechanisms for spreading of kanamycin resistance gene among ruminal bacteria p. 344

Location of glycosidases and two xylanases in strictly anaerobic rumen fungi p. 345

Detection and quantification of cellulolytic bacteria in the equine caecum using oligonucleotide probes targeting 16S rRNA p. 346

Biochemical characterization of the Fibrobacter succinogenes endoglucanase EGC, analysis of its gene and protein domains p. 347

Amylolytic activity of solid-adherent microorganisms in rumen content and bag residues: influence of diet and nature of cereals into bags p. 348

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Taxonomical and physiological characteristics of H₂/CO₂-utilizing acetogenic bacteria from the human colon p. 355

Electroporation of G⁺ host plasmids into Selenomonas ruminantium p. 356