Approximate composition of gas mixture in the rumen

Range CO2 65%: CH4 27%: N2 7%: O2 0.6%: H2 0.2%: H2S 0.01% %
Organism Ruminants
Reference Yokoyama MG, Johnson KA: Microbiology of the rumen andintestine. In The Ruminant Animal: Digestive Physiology and Nutrition, Edited by: Church DC. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Waveland Press1988: pp.125-144. p.125 right column 2nd paragraph
Comments P.125 right column 2nd paragraph: "The composition of gas mixture in the rumen is about 65% CO2, 27% CH4, 7% N2, 0.6% O2, 0.2% H2, 0.01% H2S."
Entered by Uri M
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