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The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1997)
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The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1997)
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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."
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