Since high quality forage is essential in a dairy ration, it is improtant to study new methods of preserving hay. In this trial, the effect of a commercial organic acid preservative on nutirent content and feeding value of alfalfa hay was evaluated. Alfalfa hay from a common field was baled at about 20 percent moisture for a control, and at about 28 percent moisture with addition of 0.1 percent...

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of dietary xylanase supplementation (Porzyme #, Finnfeeds International Ltd., UK) on nutrient digestibility in diets based on either waxy or normal corn and containing 20% wheat middlings, in finishing pigs. The study was conducted using a 4 x 4 Latin Square design having 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. The treatments were 1) ty...

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...

A practical approach to determine apparent faecal digestibility using privately owned dogs may be a useful tool in evaluating differences in nutrient digestibility between dogs with various life stages. The aim was to develop a simple method that would suit such studies using the whitening agent titanium oxide (TiO2) as an indigestible marker. Forty privately owned, healthy male and female dogs...

The objective was to study the cause of variation in digestibility of mixed linked β(1-3;1-4)-D-glucan (β-glucan) in the small intestine of growing pigs. The β-glucan is an important cell wall [dietary fiber (DF)] component of the endosperm of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and oats (Avena sativa). The digestibility of β-glucan in the small intestine from both cereals is among the highest of all DF c...

ABSTRACT The objective was to evaluate the effect of water salinity and environmental temperature on nutrient consumption, digestibility, nitrogen balance, mineral excretion creole goats. Thirty-six males with an average age 5.0±0.6 months weight 20.0±2.3kg were housed in metabolic cages. They are distributed a completely randomized design, 2×3 type crossover (2 temperatures (T1 = 26±0.6ºC T2 3...

A practical approach to determine apparent faecal digestibility using privately owned dogs may be a useful tool in evaluating differences in nutrient digestibility between dogs with various life stages. The aim was to develop a simple method that would suit such studies using the whitening agent titanium oxide (TiO2) as an indigestible marker. Forty privately owned, healthy male and female dogs...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract To evaluate the effect of different ratios of non-fibre carbohydrates (NFC) to rumen degradable protein (RDP) on lactation responses, digestion and dry matter intake (DMI), nine multiparous mid-lactation Holstein cows, averaging 171 17 days in milk and 24.1 3.3 kg of milk/d were assigned to a 3 3 Latin squ...

the effect of the substitution of imported raw materials (corn and soyabeans) by local food resources (barley, white sorghum, triticale and horse bean) on the parameters of faciesfermentation and digestibility in the rumen of sheep was evaluated. four sicilo-sarde rams 4.8±0.5 years of age with an average live weight of 45.25±3.5 kg, permanently canulated in the rumen and housed in individual c...