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IN view of the statements by Brody1, Ritzman and Benedict2, and Blaxter3 to the effect that the ruminant exhales methane, it was deemed necessary to investigate the amount of methane which might be accumulated in the oxygen spirometer during indirect calorimetry experiments with sheep on full rations.
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Brody, S., “Bioenergetics and Growth”, 315 (Reinhold, New York, 1945).
Ritzman, E. G., and Benedict, F. G., Carn. Inst. Wash. Pub., 494, 25 (1938), citing Klein, W., Biochem. Zeitsch., 72, 169 (1916).
Blaxter, K. L., cited from Hammond, J., “Progress in the Physiology of Farm Animals”, 26 (Butterworths, London, 1954).
Cresswell, E., Nature, 179, 1139 (1957); Ph.D. thesis (1958), Massey Agricultural College Library, New Zealand.
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CRESSWELL, E. Methane Exhalation in Sheep. Nature 186, 560–561 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186560a0
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