The family of animals - Bovidae (ruminants), characterized by their abillty to consume large quantities of fibrous feeds, have evolved through many millions of years into the domesticated species which today constitute one of the most important components of animal agriculture. Their specialisation as forage consumers is dependent on the capacious nature of a portion of their digestive tract (rumen), and the microorganisms living in a symbiotic relationship within this organ. It is these microflora and microfauna which are the actual converters of the cellulosic forage components into nutrients which can be absorbed and utilized by the host animal.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113373 |
| Date | January 1961 |
| Creators | Donefer, Eugene. |
| Contributors | Crampton, E. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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