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Dietary nitrate and presence of protozoa increase nitrate and nitrite reduction in the rumen of sheep

Villar, Maria Laura; Hegarty, Roger Stephen; Clay, Jonathon William; Smith, Katherine Anne; Godwin, Ian Robert; Nolan, John Vivian (Wiley, 2020-04)

Nitrate (NO−3) supplementation is an effective methane (CH4) mitigation strategy for ruminants but may produce nitrite (NO−2) toxicity. It has been reported that rumen protozoa have greater ability for NO−3 and NO−2 reduction ...