In vitro cultures of rumen fluid taken from defaunated(period-DF), Entodinium spp.-inoculated(period-E),and Entodinium spp.,Diploplastron affine and Polyplastron multivesiculatum-inoculated(period-EDP)sheep rumen were used to determine the effect of presence or absence of protozoa on the digestibility of cellulose and xylan.Digestibilities of cellulose during48h incubation in period-DF,-E,and-EDP were respectively0.524,0.709and0.739.
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