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Abomasum

Known as: Abomasums 
The fourth stomach of ruminating animals. It is also called the "true" stomach. It is an elongated pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen… 
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1984
1984
The efficiency of microbial protein synthesis in the rumen and the degradability of feed nitrogen between the mouth and abomasum in steers given different diets
1. Protozoa-free steers with simple rumen and abomasal cannulas were given basal diets consisting of a concentrate mixture of… 
1979
1979
Displacement of the abomasum in the cow. Incidence, etiological factors and results of treatment.
  • V. Sa
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 68191136
: Fiftynine cases of abomasal displacement were registered during a 10 year period in a veterinary district in Norway with a… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The effect of different diets including those containing soya-bean products, on digesta movement and water and nitrogen absorption in the small intestine of the pre-ruminant calf
1. Preruminant calves, fistulated in the abomasum and distal ileum, were given by infusion into the abomasum, at intervals of 2–3… 
1974
1974
Poly-unsaturated fat in young ruminants
Abstract Lambs and calves trained to feed periodically aqueous emulsions of sunflower oil develop body fat with increased… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
Physical form of the diet in relation to rumen fermentation
This paper deals principally with alteration to the physical form of forage diets and the effect on rumen fermentation. When a… 
1972
1972
The utilization of abomasal supplements of proteins and amino acids by sheep with special reference to wool growth.
Proteins of different amino acid composition (Promine-D, wheat gluten, and zein) were given as abomasal infusions to sheep and… 
1972
1972
Sulphur metabolism and excretion studies in ruminants. 8. Methionine degradation and utilization in sheep when infused into the rumen or abomasum.
Methionine (2 g/day) was continuously infused either abomasally or ruminally into two groups of sheep (four per group) over a 6… 
1968
1968
Absorption of volatile fatty acids, tritiated water and antipyrine from the abomasum of goats.
In conscious goats the abomasum was isolated temporarily from the rest of the gastro-intestinal tract by means of balloons, or a… 
1961
1961
Acid secretion by the abomasum and its relation to the flow of food material in the sheep
The abomasum or fourth chamber of the compound stomach of ruminants is analogous to the simple stomach of monogastric animals. It… 
1942
1942
The fluctuation of PH and organic acids in the rumen of the sheep.
1. The pH of the ingesta of the rumen varies in a regular manner; the speed and extent of the variation depends upon the diet. 2…