Rumen microbial community and nitrogen metabolism in goats fed blend of palm oil and canola oil

AbstractThis study assessed the influence of dietary blend of 20% palm oil and 80% canola oil on the population of rumen microbiota and nitrogen economy in goats. Twenty-four Boer bucks (4–5 months old; initial BW, 20.54 ± 0.474 kg) were randomly allotted to diets containing on a dry matter basis, 0, 4 or 8% oil blend, fed daily for 100 days and slaughtered. The rumen microbiota was examined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the 16S rRNA gene. The population of total protozoa and methanogens was lower (p   0.05) on microbial N yield, microbial protein synthes...