Studies On the Fate of Carbohydrates in the Rumen of the Sheep

It was shown in a previous paper (Phillipson, 1942) that the rate of fermentation in the rumen of the sheep appeared to be correlated to the type of carbohydrate present, that a feed of mangolds which contain a high content of soluble sugar, mostly cane sugar, fermented rapidly, that a feed of hay which contains mostly cellulose fermented slowly, whilst starchy foods fermented less rapidly.