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Nitrate decreases ruminal methane production with slight changes to ruminal methanogen composition of nitrate-adapted steers

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1164-1

Published Online: 2018-03-20

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Zhao, Liping

Meng, Qingxiang

Li, Yan

Wu, Hao

Huo, Yunlong

Zhang, Xinzhuang

Zhou, Zhenming http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-4548
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672449, 31101738)

National Scientific Program (2011CB302705)

China Agricultural Research System (CARS-37)
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Article History

Received: 11 May 2017

Accepted: 15 March 2018

First Online: 20 March 2018

Competing interest

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

: The protocol was approved by the China Agricultural University Animal Welfare and Ethical Committee (Permit No. DK1406). Experiments were performed in accordance with the Regulations for the Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals (The State Science and Technology Commission of P. R. China, 1988).

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