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Compared with defaunated sheep, the large protozoal population of faunated sheep fed a diet high in poorly degradable protein decreased both microbial and dietary protein flows into the duodenum which indicated that protozoa increased ruminal protein degradability. Protozoal nitrogen represented 20% of the total microbial nitrogen in the duodenum.
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Ushida et al. (1984) studied this question.
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