Publication Date
1989
Description
Accurate estimates of herbage nitrogen (N) that is rurninally degradable are essential to new systems for estimating ruminant protein requirements. It has been suggested (Van Soest and Sniffen, 1984) that partitioning herbage N into neutral (NDFN) and acid (ADFN) detergent soluble and insoluble portions may be used to estimate ruminally degradable and undegradable N. Our objective was to determine the in situ degradability of total N, NDFN, ADFN, and available fiber nitrogen (AFN) in alfalfa stems.
Citation
Sanderson, M A. and Wedin, W F., "Ruminal Disappearance of Detergent - Fiber Nitrogen in Alfalfa Stems" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 75.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session7/75
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Ruminal Disappearance of Detergent - Fiber Nitrogen in Alfalfa Stems
Accurate estimates of herbage nitrogen (N) that is rurninally degradable are essential to new systems for estimating ruminant protein requirements. It has been suggested (Van Soest and Sniffen, 1984) that partitioning herbage N into neutral (NDFN) and acid (ADFN) detergent soluble and insoluble portions may be used to estimate ruminally degradable and undegradable N. Our objective was to determine the in situ degradability of total N, NDFN, ADFN, and available fiber nitrogen (AFN) in alfalfa stems.
