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IT has been found that the metabolism of nitrate in the rumen of the sheep on pasture can induce marked changes in the molecular percentage structure of the rumen volatile fatty acids. These changes consisted in a lowering of the percentage of acetic acid with a compensating increase in those of propionic and butyric acids. The composition of the volatile fatty acids of the rumen was determined by gas-liquid chromatography1.
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JAMIESON, N. Adverse Effect of Nitrate Metabolic Products on Sheep Growth. Nature 181, 1601–1602 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811601a0
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