The aim of the experiment is to find out effect garlic powder on digestion coefficient and rumen environment in vitro by adding four levels (0.0, 1.0, 2.0 3.0) g/100 g dry matter added mixture feed concentrate: roughage (40:60). Total gas was calculated 24 hours. digestibility determined after 96 hours incubation . Results showed differences (p < 0.01) total methane production, lowest value ...

In preliminary accounts of this experiment we have discussed the view, widely held by farmers and advisory workers, that cattle reared for the first z years or so of their lives on diets containing a good deal of roughage are able subsequently to make better use of roughages than are similar animals reared on diets containing a higher proportion of concentrates (Balch, Campling, Johnson & Roy, ...

The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is considered an efficient converter of poor quality forages into high quality milk and meat. This species is ubiquitous, with prevalence though in Asian and Mediterranean countries. From a genetic standpoint, the species is characterized by two main subspecies: river and swamp type. The former to be found predominantly in Mediterranean countries, whereas the...

The low intake and digestibility of low-quality roughages such as mature forages or crop residues often results in a digestible energy intake insufficient for a desired level of production. One alternative to increase digestible energy intake is to provide supplementary concentrates of high digestibility. ‘ Associative effects on forage fibre digestion may occur when roughage and concentrate ar...