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Possibility of using131I-albumin as a marker for the estimations of microbial protein synthesis rates in the rumen

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Total microbial protein synthesis rates in the rumen of buffaloes were estimated by isotope dilution technique, using131I-albumin treated with tannic acid as a marker. The animals were fed groundnut cake treated with formaldehyde to meet 50% of their digestible crude protein (DCP) requirement and 2.5% urea molasses mixture was given to meet the remaining requirement of DCP. Wheat straw was fed as the basal roughage. The total average microbial protein synthesis was 58.14 g/day.

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  1. Division of Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 243 122, Izatnagar, U. P., India

    Usha R. Mehra, U. B. Singh, D. N. Verma & S. K. Ranjhan

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Mehra, U.R., Singh, U.B., Verma, D.N. et al. Possibility of using131I-albumin as a marker for the estimations of microbial protein synthesis rates in the rumen. Experientia 33, 1547–1548 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918865

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