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Control and Manipulation of Ruminal Fermentation

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Species evolution has shaped an infinite variability of different life forms. In higher animals, especially in mammals, the variability of forms and functions that the digestive system has been taking over is intriguing. It has allowed animals to effectively take advantage of a broad variety of ingested feed. Particularly in herbivores and omnivores, the development of a fermentative chamber found in the digestive system (some anatomists prefer to call it digestive tract) has permitted the symbiotic association with other life forms such as microorganisms. These unicellular organisms like bacteria, protozoa and fungi, at a point in the evolutionary scale, occupied the niche provided by the digestive system, underwent a continuous and intense process of selective pressure and ended up adapting to the specific conditions of this fermentation chamber. On the other hand, through symbiosis, they were able to offer an important enzymatic and metabolic apparatus that is not found in any other higher organism.

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    Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues

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    Danilo Domingues Millen

  2. Breeding and Animal Nutrition Department, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

    Mario De Beni Arrigoni

  3. Mato Grosso State Agricultural Research and Extension Company (EMPAER), Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Rodrigo Dias Lauritano Pacheco

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Rodrigues, P.H.M. (2016). Control and Manipulation of Ruminal Fermentation. In: Millen, D., De Beni Arrigoni, M., Lauritano Pacheco, R. (eds) Rumenology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30533-2_6

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