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Novel rumen bacterial isolates from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Reindeer in northern Norway experience large seasonal variations in access and quality of food.Pastures are often blocked by ice and snow during winter and reindeer are consequently exposed to periods of starvation.Supplementary feeding has become increasingly common during winter in the traditional reindeer husbandry in Norway.Transitional feeding may cause digestive problems that could be reduced by use of probiotics.This paper presents novel bacterial isolates from reindeer rumen contents, as characterized in a search for a probiotic for reindeer.

Source: Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

DOI: 10.22358/jafs/73772/2004

Authors: K. Præsteng, S. Mathiesen, R. Mackie, I. Cann, M. Sundset

Institutions: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Language: English

Topic: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Universitetet i Tromsø, Norges Forskningsråd