Effects of dietary supplementing tannic acid in the ration of beef cattle on rumen fermentation, methane emission, microbial flora and nutrient digestibility

• Published in: Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 302 - 310
• Main Authors: Yang, K., Wei, C., Zhao, G. Y., Xu, Z. W., Lin, S. X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - drug effects; beef cattle; Cattle; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; digestibility; Digestion - drug effects; Digestion - physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Male; methane; Methane - metabolism; rumen; Rumen - drug effects; Rumen - physiology; tannic acid; Tannins - pharmacology; methane; beef cattle; tannic acid; digestibility; rumen

Summary Four adult Simmental male cattle (376 ± 9.0 kg initial BW), fitted with permanent rumen cannulas, were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design to investigate the effects of dietary supplementing tannic acid (TA) on rumen fermentation, methane (CH4) production, rumen microbes, nutrient digestibil...