In order to enhance knowledge of the nutritive value of ostrich feeds, the in vitro gas production technique was used. Five feeds (corn silage, CS; alfalfa hay, AH; barley, BG; soybean meal, SM; beet pulp, BP) were weighed (~ 1g) in quadruplicate in 120 ml serum flasks and incubated at 39 °C with 75 ml of anaerobic medium and 4 ml of reducing solution. A pool of caecal contents obtained at slau...

current ruminant feeding systems depend on knowledge of the composition of feeds and the rate and extent of degradation of feed organic matter (om) and crude protein (cp) in the rumen. the effect of storage and preparation of samples on in vitro gas production and fermentation characteristics of two common forage species, namely alfalfa and ryegrass werestudied. samples were prepared as fresh (...

The objective of the present experiment was to quantify the gas production parameters, methane emission and microbial nitrogen production of a conventional total mixed ration including corn silage, alfalfa hay, wheat straw and concentrate (390, 110, 22 and 478 g/kg of diet DM, respectively) treated with different levels of Natuzyme® and pre-incubation time after enzyme administration. Two hundr...

This study explored the influence of moringa (Moringa oleifera; MO) foliage supplementation on in vitro ruminalgas production kinetics and substrate degradation cattle. In fermentation was carried out with twotypes substrates, viz. wheat straw (WS) WS plus concentrate mixture (CM; 60:40) cattle rumen inoculum.The MO incorporated to both substrates at 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 50% levels total dry ma...

the present study was conducted to investigate the possibility of using a modified in vitro gas production technique in place of the nylon bag method to estimate protein degradability of alfalfa hay in ruminants. in the in situ experiment dacron bags were filled with 3 g alfalfa hay. this was incubated in the rumen of three ruminally cannulated ghezel rams for the periods of 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16,...

The study appraised the effects of Carotino oil on in vitro rumen fermentation, gas production, metabolism and apparent biohydrogenation of oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids. Carotino oil was added to a basal diet (50% concentrate and 50% oil palm frond) at the rate of 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8% dry matter of the diet. Rumen inoculum was obtained from three fistulated Boer bucks and incubated with 200...

Fifty-four roughages of known voluntary dry-matter intakes (DMI; range 7.8-35.2 g/kg live weight per d) were examined in vitro in a gas production test. Samples (200 mg) of roughage and roughage neutral-detergent fibre (NDF) respectively were incubated in a mixed suspension of rumen contents for 96 h and the gas volumes recorded after 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 30, 36, 48, 54, 60 and 96 h. The kinetics o...

the aim of this study was investigating the effect of gamma irradiation and naoh treatment of some agricultural by products (tomato pulp, orange pulp, pistachio hull and wheat straw) on fermentation parameters and gas production test. treatments of gamma irradiation (50, 100 and 200 kgy) and %5 naoh was done on each source of by products. the results showed that gamma irradiation at the dose of...

Two experiments (Exp.) were conducted to determine the effects of dietary addition of five herbal plants (HP) alone or as herbal plant mixture (HPM) on in vitro gas production and ruminal fermentation patterns. In Exp. 1, five varieties of HP (garlic, eucalyptus, cinnamon, thyme, and peppermint) were added to the diet at 3 different concentrations (5, 10 and 15% of concentrate dry matt...