Use of compartmental analysis to study ruminal volatile fatty acid metabolism under steady state conditions in Holstein heifers

Adaptation of compartmental schemes for

Adaptation of compartmental schemes for interpreting isotope dilution data on volatile fatty acid metabolism in the rumen to the non-steady state and for single-dose injection

✍ J. France; R.C. Siddons; M.S. Dhanoa 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 372 KB

A unifying mathematical analysis of the one-pool and three-pool schemes for estimating acetate, propionate and butyrate production in the rumen from isotope dilution data is presented. Emphasis is given to non-steady-state conditions and to the administration of isotope as a single injection. The si