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REISER,1, and more recently Shorland et al. 2, reported experiments in which rumen contents of sheep were incubated in vitro with linseed oil and with oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids. These experiments, and others using the living animal3–5, demonstrated that hydrogenation of double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids occurred and that this was effected by the rumen micro-organisms.
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GARTON, G., HOBSON, P. & LOUGH, A. Lipolysis in the Rumen. Nature 182, 1511–1512 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821511a0
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