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P. N. Hobson
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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen, UK
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C. S. Stewart
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The Nutrition Division, The Rowett Research Institute, UK
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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- C. S. Stewart, H. J. Flint, M. P. Bryant
Pages 10-72
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- A. G. Williams, G. S. Coleman
Pages 73-139
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- C. G. Orpin, K. N. Joblin
Pages 140-195
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- B. A. Dehority, C. G. Orpin
Pages 196-245
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- J. B. Russell, R. J. Wallace
Pages 246-282
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- R. J. Wallace, R. Onodera, M. A. Cotta
Pages 283-328
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- A. Chesson, C. W. Forsberg
Pages 329-381
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- C. G. Harfoot, G. P. Hazlewood
Pages 382-426
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- R. M. Teather, M. A. Hefford, R. J. Forster
Pages 427-466
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- M. J. Wolin, T. L. Miller, C. S. Stewart
Pages 467-491
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- K.-J. Cheng, T. A. McAllister
Pages 492-522
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- T. G. Nagaraja, C. J. Newbold, C. J. van Nevel, D. I. Demeyer
Pages 523-632
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- K. A. Dawson, M. A. Rasmussen, M. J. Allison
Pages 633-660
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Back Matter
Pages 709-719
About this book
The Preface to the first edition of this book explained the reasons for the publication of a comprehensive text on the rumen and rumen microbes in 1988. The microbes of the ruminant's forestomach and those in related organs in other animals and birds provide the means by which herbivorous animals can digest and obtain nutriment from vegetation. In turn, humans have relied, and still do rely, on herbivores for much of their food, clothing and motive power. Herbivores also form the food of carnivorous animals and birds in the wild. The importance of the rumen microorganisms is thus apparent. But, while a knowledge of rumen organisms is not strictly neces sary for the normal, practical feeding of farm animals, in recent years there has been much more emphasis on increasing the productivity of domesti cated animals and in rearing farm animals on unusual feedstuffs. Here, a knowledge of the reactions of the rumen flora, and the limits to these reactions, can be invaluable. In addition, anaerobic rumen-type microor ganisms are found in the intestines of omnivores, including humans, and can be implicated in diseases of humans and animals. They are also found in soils and natural waters, where they playa part in causing pollution and also in reducing it, while the same organisms confined in artificial systems are essential for the purification of sewage and other polluting and toxic wastes.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen, UK
P. N. Hobson
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The Nutrition Division, The Rowett Research Institute, UK
C. S. Stewart
