In the laboratory, the contents of the
abomasa, small and large intestine were put into
separate plastic containers of two liters capacity and
each was made up to 1000ml with water. Using a
glass pipette the contents were thoroughly mixed
and 1/10th aliquot (100ml) was taken. The digest of
abomasa and small intestine were sieved through a
sieve with 25 μm mesh size and those of large
intestines over a sieve with 90 μm mesh size.