The in vitro digestion of mature grass hay in the presence or absence of added nitrogen and sugar beet pulp by an equine faecal inoculum using the pressure transducer technique

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 ◽  
pp. 124-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J.S. Moore-Colyer ◽  
A.C. Longland
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Pressure Transducer ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
In Vitro Digestion ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
Grass Hay ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Additional Nitrogen

Traditionally, grass hay fed to horses is low in crude protein (CP) and is unable to meet the animal’s nitrogen requirements. This necessitates the provision of a supplemental source of additional nitrogen (N). Sugar beet pulp (SB), which contains ca. 100g CP/kg DM and has the potential to fulfil this role. Previous work has indicated that SB CP is poorly digested in the small intestine of the horse, with the majority reaching the hindgut, where it is readily degraded by the microflora (Moore-Colyer, 2000). This experiment sought to determine the effect of added SB and or additional N on the in vitro fermentation of hay by a faecal inoculum obtained from a pony fed commercially available chopped hay.

scholarly journals The mobile bag technique as a method for determining the degradation of four botanically diverse fibrous feedstuffs in the small intestine and total digestive tract of ponies

2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 729-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. S. Moore-Colyer ◽  
J. J. Hyslop ◽  
A. C. Longland ◽  
D. Cuddeford
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Latin Square ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
Oat Hulls ◽  
Acid Detergent Fibre ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Naked Oats

Anin saccomobile bag technique was used to determine the rate and extent of disappearance of unmolassed sugar-beet pulp, soyabean hulls, hay cubes and an oat hull–naked oats mixture (67:33, w/w) in the foregut and total digestive tract of ponies. Ponies were administered naso-gastrically polyester mesh bags (60×10×10 mm) containing 350 mg feed, in a 3×4 Latin square design. Bags were collected at the ileo-caecal junction (small intestine bag, SIB) and in the faeces (faecal bag, FB) and their residues analysed for proximate constituents and NSP composition and content. DM disappearances from individual bags were fitted to degradation profiles () and effective degradability values determined. Significant differences (P<0·05) in DM, organic matter and crude protein (N×6·25) losses from SIB were noted between feeds with hay cubes and oat hulls–naked oats > sugar-beet pulp and soyabean hulls. Acid-detergent fibre, neutral-detergent fibre and NSP disappearances were small and varied little between feeds. In contrast, FB losses showed significant (P<0·05) differences for all constituents measured with sugar-beet pulp > soyabean hulls > hay cubes > oat hulls–naked oats. Crude protein losses from sugar-beet pulp and soyabean hulls in FB were significantly higher (P<0·05) than from SIB. FB degradation curves showed degradation to be affected by bag residence time with sugar-beet pulp > soyabean hulls and the effective degradability showed that significantly more (P<0·05) sugar-beet pulp was lost at 40.0 and 60.0 h than for the other three feeds. These results show that sugar-beet pulp and soyabean hulls are rapidly degraded by ponies and could be used as alternatives to hay in equid rations. However, the foregut availability of crude protein from sugar-beet pulp is poor, so a readily digestible source of crude protein should be offered to animals with high protein demands when diets are based on sugar-beet pulp.

Effect of pig faecal donor and of pig diet composition on in vitro fermentation of sugar beet pulp

2007 ◽  
Vol 132 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 212-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Bindelle ◽  
André Buldgen ◽  
Damien Lambotte ◽  
José Wavreille ◽  
Pascal Leterme
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
In Vitro Fermentation ◽  
Beet Pulp

scholarly journals Effects of the comminution rate and microbial contamination of particles in the rumen on accuracy ofin situestimates of digestion of protein and amino acids of dehydrated sugar beet pulp

2013 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. GONZÁLEZ ◽  
J. M. ARROYO ◽  
J. A. GUEVARA-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
R. MOUBI ◽  
O. PIQUER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Microbial Contamination ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Degradation Kinetics ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
Fresh Weight Basis ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Composite Samples

SUMMARYEffects of the correction of microbial contamination (using15N techniques) and of considering the comminution rate (kc) of particles in the rumen on effective estimates of the ruminally undegraded (RU) fraction and its intestinal effective digestibility (IED) were examined in a sample of dehydrated sugar beet pulp (DBP) generating composite samples (from rumen-incubated residues) representative of the chemical composition of RU. Tested fractions were dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM, tested only for RU), crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA). The study was performed on three rumen and duodenum cannulated wethers fed with a 2 : 1 (fresh weight basis) chopped oat hay-to-concentrate diet supplied at 40 g DM/kg BW0·75in six equal meals per day. The DBP showed sigmoid degradation kinetics: the fractional degradation rate increased by 5·8 times as time (h) increased from 0 to∞. Thekcrate (measured in the diet concentrate) represented 5·74% of the total rumen retention time of particles. As a result, the RU of DM was over-evaluated by 6·53% whenkcwas not considered. Microbial contamination of RU was high as in DM as in CP. Therefore, the overestimation of RU of DM was increased to 12·2% when this contamination was not corrected. The lack of this correction also led to large over-evaluations of RU and IED of CP and AA. As a result, the overestimation of the intestinal digested fraction was 40·9% for CP and 45·0% for total analysed AA. This overestimation varied largely among AA (from 18·9 to 88·7%). Corrected proportions of RU and IED were also variable among AA. Hypotheses on the causes of this variability are given. Resultant changes in the AA profile of the intestinal digested protein had some negative impact on the supply of essential AA and cysteine without affecting lysine. This problem is limited because the microbial protein synthesized from DBP fermentation in the rumen is largely predominant in the AA supply to the host.

Soaked unmolassed sugar beet pulp as a partial forage replacer in equine diets when ponies are offered grass hay ad libitum

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 ◽  
pp. 140-140
Author(s):  
J. J. Hyslop ◽  
D. Cuddeford
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Latin Square ◽  
Sugar Beet Pulp ◽  
Apparent Digestibility ◽  
Voluntary Feed Intake ◽  
Grass Hay ◽  
Beet Pulp ◽  
Ad Libitum

There is increased interest in using sugar beet pulp (SBP) products as forage replacers in equine diets. Previous work (Hyslop et al 1998) has indicated that SBP products may suppress voluntary feed intake (VFI) in ponies when they are the major fibre source at between 550-700 g/kg total diet dry matter (DM). This study examines VFI and apparent digestibility in vivo where soaked unmolassed sugar beet pulp (USBP) was offered as a partial forage replacement to ponies receiving ad libitum grass hay.Four mature Welsh-cross pony geldings (280 kg LW s.e. 6.6) were individually housed and offered 0.86 kg/d of micronised barley (MB) and given ad libitum access to grass hay (HAY). In addition, ponies were offered either 0, 1, 2, or 3 kg/d USBP (U0, U1, U2 and U3 respectively) according to a 4 x 4 latin square changeover experimental design.

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