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THE elucidation of the factors concerned in the digestive assimilation by cattle of starch, cellulose, and also of protein substitutes, necessitates an accurate knowledge of the functional activities of the rumen micro-organisms. On this subject very conflicting opinions have been advanced1,2,3 based in many cases upon the results of inoculation of rumen-contents into artificial media. The value of these results, moreover, must always remain uncertain4,2 until the characteristics of the normal rumen microflora and microfauna have been independently determined by direct microscopical observation. Appropriate methods have been applied by me to the investigation of the gastro-intestinal contents of various herbivora4,5,6,7,8.
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BAKER, F. Normal Rumen Microflora and Microfauna of Cattle. Nature 149, 220 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149220a0
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