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Science 17 September 1954:
Vol. 120. no. 3116, pp. 455 - 456
DOI: 10.1126/science.120.3116.455
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Effect of Some Steroid Compounds on Ovine Rumen Function

C. C. Brooks 1, G. B. Garner 1, M. E. Muhrer 1, and W. H. Pfander 1

1 Departments of Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia

(i) Stilbestrol (10 or 20 ppm) increased cellulose digestion by ovine rumen microorganisms in vitro and in vivo but could not be tolerated by wethers at these high levels. (ii) Cholesterol and estrone increased cellulose digestion by rumen microorganisms in vitro (8).

Submitted on May 3, 1954

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