Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
In vitro gas production from a feed sample incubated with a rumen fluid inoculum has been successfully used by Menke et al. (1979) and Steingass & Menke (1986) to predict the nutritive value of the substrate fermented. Recently, the gas test has been adapted so that the increase in gas production at a series of chosen time intervals is read off. The aim of this study was to describe the kinetics of fermentation of the feed incubated with reference to OMD, DMD, metabolisable energy (ME), neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF, ADF), cellulose and lignin contents. Samples were harvested at different stages of maturity from Artemisia frigida-Carex duriscula-dominated pasture grasses and fed to goats.
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Chemical Composition and Gas Production of Pasture Dominated by Artemisia Frigida and Carex Duriscula Species
In vitro gas production from a feed sample incubated with a rumen fluid inoculum has been successfully used by Menke et al. (1979) and Steingass & Menke (1986) to predict the nutritive value of the substrate fermented. Recently, the gas test has been adapted so that the increase in gas production at a series of chosen time intervals is read off. The aim of this study was to describe the kinetics of fermentation of the feed incubated with reference to OMD, DMD, metabolisable energy (ME), neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF, ADF), cellulose and lignin contents. Samples were harvested at different stages of maturity from Artemisia frigida-Carex duriscula-dominated pasture grasses and fed to goats.
