Predicting Crude Protein, In Vitro True Digestibility, and Leaf Proportion in Alfalfa Herbage 1

Crop Science ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 961-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Onstad ◽  
Gary W. Fick
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
True Digestibility

Chemical composition, dry matter and crude protein digestibilities of some tropical browse plants estimated in vitro

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 297-299
Author(s):  
C. M. Shayo ◽  
P. Udén
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Regression Line ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Important Food ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
The Tropics

Browse plants are generally regarded as important food resources for ruminants in the tropics due to their high levels of nitrogen. Particularly during the dry season livestock eat browse which may contain considerable amounts of phenolic compounds including tannins at levels of up to half of the dry matter (Reed, 1986). Tannins are known to react with proteins to form rumen undegradable or totally indigestible complexes.A uniform food fraction is assumed to have the same true digestibility irrespective of source and level in the food. In the test of uniformity developed by Lucas (1964) and applied by Van Soest (1967) the digestible fraction per unit food is regressed upon its concentration in the food. The slope of the line gives its true digestibility, the intercept, the potential metabolic fraction and the variation around the regression line explains the extent of uniformity of the fraction.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF TRIDAX PROCUMBENS FOR LIVESTOCK FEED

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
B. A. Kalu ◽  
M.C. Njike ◽  
S. A. Ikurior
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
The Other ◽  
Livestock Feed ◽  
Harvest Dates ◽  
Tridax Procumbens ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Acid Detergent Fibre

Seasonal changes in chemical composition represented by crude protein (CP), In vitro true digestibility (IVTD), and fibre components measured by neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid-detergent fibre (ADF) and lignin were evaluated at specified cano­py ages and stages of maturity in Tridax procumb ens. Samples were selected from five harvest dates in April, June, August, October, and December. Chemical com­position was: highly responsive to dates of harvest. The stage of maturity of canopies reached significantly higher values in August than in the other months of the year. Asso­ciated with these were-lower CP and IVTD and high NDF, ADF and lignin. The poten­tial value of Tridax prOcumbens lies in a pro­perly structured management system that optimises its quality attributes.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Nutritive Value and the Fatty Acid, Phenol, Tannin and Terpenoid Contents of Nine Pastures in an Alpine District during the Summer Season

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Pier Giorgio Peiretti ◽  
Sonia Tassone ◽  
Narges Vahdani ◽  
Giovanna Battelli ◽  
Francesco Gai
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Condensed Tannin ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Total Phenols ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Balanced Distribution ◽  
Gross Energy ◽  
Nw Italy

A study was conducted over the summer of 2014 on nine Alpine pastures in the Chisone and Susa Valleys (NW Italy). The aim was to characterize the variation in the chemical composition, gross energy, in vitro true digestibility (IVTD), in vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDFD), fatty acids (FA), total phenols, total and condensed tannin contents, and terpenoid profile. The dry matter, ash, crude protein, acid detergent fiber, lignin, and gross energy contents of the pastures were found to differ. All the pastures had good IVTD (706–829 g/kg DM) and NDFD (487–694 g/kg NDF) values. The most abundant FAs in all the pastures were α-linolenic (354–519 g/kg of the total FAs), linoleic (75–110 g/kg of the total FAs), and palmitic acid (64–89 g/kg of the total FAs) and they differed significantly among pastures. No significant differences were found in the total phenols, or in the total and condensed tannin contents among pastures. Fifty-eight terpenoids were detected and 4-cyclopentene-1, 3-dione, β-caryophyllene, and eucalyptol were the most abundant. The terpenoids differed both qualitatively and quantitatively among pastures. The results highlight the importance of the great biodiversity of pastures, which provide a balanced distribution of fundamental nutritional elements and bioactive compounds in grasslands.

scholarly journals Partitioning of Forage Mass and Nutritive Value in Sunn Hemp Leaf and Stem Components

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Isaac Lepcha ◽  
Harley D. Naumann
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Cool Season ◽  
Acid Detergent Fiber ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Sunn Hemp

Sunn hemp (SH; Crotalaria juncea L.) is a fast-growing, annual, warm-season tropical legume that could complement less productive cool-season forages such as tall fescue during summer. Little is known about seasonal forage mass and nutritive value partitioning in SH plant components when SH is managed for forage. We determined partitioning of forage mass and nutritive value (crude protein (CP), in vitro true digestibility (IVTD), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDFD)) concentrations in SH leaves and stems harvested 35, 45, and 55 days after planting (DAP) at Bradford Research Center, Columbia, MO, in a 2-year field study. Leaf and stem mass increased with increasing DAP and was greatest ( P ≤ 0.05 ) at 55 DAP followed by 45 and 35 DAP. Stems contributed most to the total forage mass beyond 45 DAP. Across years, CP was greatest ( P ≤ 0.05 ) in leaves (281 g kg−1 DM) and lowest for stems (81 g kg−1 DM) at 55 DAP. The lowest NDF ( P ≤ 0.05 ) was observed in leaves (251 g kg−1 DM) and stems (585 g kg−1 DM) at 35 DAP. Acid detergent fiber was lowest ( P ≤ 0.05 ) for SH leaves (178 g kg−1 DM) and stems (484 g kg−1 DM) at 35 DAP. Digestibility of leaves was greater than that of stems and generally decreased with maturity. The nutritive value of leaves was consistently greater than that of stems and decreased with maturity, except for CP of leaves, which was maintained throughout the season. Results suggested that SH leaves can maintain forage mass and greater quality than its stem throughout the growing season.

scholarly journals Relationships Between and Within Physical and Chemical Constituents and in Vitro True Digestibility in Tropical Forage Grasses

1969 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-447
Author(s):  
J. A. Arroyo-Aguilú ◽  
J. Coward-Lord
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Forage Grasses ◽  
Nitrogen Free Extract ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Physical And Chemical

All parameters of chemical composition and in vitro true digestibility (IVTD) were related by simple and/or multiple correlation and/or regression coefficients in 60 samples of forage grasses representing 10 forages at 6 stages of growth. Dry matter, neutral-detergent fiber (NDF), acid-detergent fiber (ADF), lignin (L), cellulose (C), silica (Si), crude fiber (CF), and nitrogen-free extract (NFE) were positively correlated while crude protein (CP), hemicellulose (H), ether extract (EE), and ash (A) were negatively correlated with age. Crude protein was negatively correlated with all parameters except H, EE, and A. Hemicellulose was nore significantly related to the Goering and Van Soest fractions than to the A.O.A.C. fractions. Silica was correlated in a highly significant way with age, DM, ADF, and H only. In vitro true digestibility was negatively correlated with age, NDF, ADF, L, C, Si, L/ADF, L/H, L/C, CF, and NFE and positively correlated with CP, H, H/C, EE, and A. Multiple regression analyses indicated that, of the total variance in IVTD, 85 percent was attributable to the influences of NDF (48%), L (19%), Si (10%), EE (2%), CP (4%), and ADF (2%). From this regression and from other regressions, it was established that CP and ADF, or L, C, and Si, exerted the greatest influence upon IVTD. In line with this, it was determined that 81 percent was attributable to the influences of C (41%), H (1%), L (30%), and Si (9%) and that 85 percent was attributable to the influences of CP (69%), C (3%), L (7%), and Si (6%). Finally, it was determined that CP and lignification explained 69 and 7 percent, respectively, of the influences in IVTD. These data suggested that IVTD was highly dependent not only upon CP and lignification but also upon C and Si, or ADF, as forage grasses advanced in maturity from 30 to 180 days of growth. The equation: % IVTD = 96.85 + 0.62 (% CP) - 0.51 (% C) - 2.59 (% L) - 2.34 (% Si), best explained and estimated IVTD from chemical composition. It may be concluded that various chemical components of the grasses, namely, CP, C, L, and Si, may be utilized to estimate IVTD, without sacrificing accuracy and thus reducing time otherwise required and the cost otherwise incurred.

Breeding meadow bromegrass for forage characteristics under a line-source irrigation design

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin B Jensen ◽  
Blair L Waldron ◽  
Joseph G Robins ◽  
Thomas A Monaco ◽  
Michael D Peel
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Harvest Date ◽  
Irrigation Level ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Sib Families ◽  
Heritability Estimates ◽  
Meadow Bromegrass

Production from less productive lands limited by irrigation can be increased if genetically improved pasture grasses are developed with increased dry matter production (DMY) and nutritional quality. In 2000, 18 half-sib families of meadow bromegrass were seeded in a modified strip-plot design with four replications and water levels (WL) applied as nonrandom strips ranging from 10.1 mm wk-1 at WL-5 to 36.8 mm wk-1 at WL-1. The objective was to estimate genetic variability and parameters as affected by irrigation level and harvest date for DMY, crude protein (CP), in vitro true digestibility (IVTD), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and digestible neutral detergent fiber (dNDF). Low h2 estimates for DMY suggest that gains in total DMY from selection within these half-sib families (HSF) are not likely. Crude protein concentrations were more influenced by harvest date than WL. Heritability estimates were relatively high regardless of WL or harvest date for IVTD. The effect of WL on h2 estimates for NDF were less defined, suggesting that gains might be achieved faster if selection was done on forage harvested later in the growing season at less than optimum irrigation. Heritability estimates for dNDF were either small or associated with large standard errors. Key words: Heritability, irrigation rates, forage yield and quality, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, in vitro true digestibility

scholarly journals Effects of Some Additives on In Vitro True Digestibility of Wheat and Soybean Straw Pellets

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unal Kılıc ◽  
Emre Gulecyuz
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Wheat Straw ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Guar Meal ◽  
True Digestibility ◽  
Soybean Straw ◽  
Conservation Method

AbstractThis study was aimed to explore the nutrient content, relative feed values (RFV) and in vitro true digestibilities (IVTD) of wheat straw and soybean straw pellets produced with the addition of molasses, guar meal and sepiolite. In this experiment, 16 groups were created for 2 different straws (wheat/soybean straws), 2 different sepiolite applications (available/not available) and 4 different applications (control, guar meal, molasses, guar meal+molasses) in accordance with the 2×2×4 factorial design. A Daisy incubator was used to determine the IVTD of the feeds. According to the results, molasses and guar meal increased the RFV of soybean straws, while molasses and guar meal treatments and sepiolite did not affect the RFV of wheat straws. It was observed that sepiolite increased the RFV’s of soybean straw for guar meal and guar meal+molasses. The higher IVTD’s were found for guar meal (without sepiolite) treatment of soybean straw and guar meal (with sepiolite) treatment of wheat straw. Molasses and guar meal addition to wheat and soybean straws improved the crude protein contents. In conclusion, straw pelleting can be used as an alternative forage conservation method to close the gap in forage supply during the winter.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Nutrient Composition, In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics, and In Situ Degradability of Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus cruentus, and Amaranthus hypochondriacus in Cattle

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Kim Margarette C. Nogoy ◽  
Jia Yu ◽  
Young Gyu Song ◽  
Shida Li ◽  
Jong-Wook Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Nutrient Composition ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Amaranthus Cruentus ◽  
Amaranthus Caudatus ◽  
Amaranthus Hypochondriacus

The amaranth plants showed high potential feed value as forage for ruminants. An in-depth study of this plant, particularly in cattle, will help extend its utilization as an alternative protein and fiber feed source in cattle feeding. In this study, the nutrient compositions of three different species of amaranth, Amaranthus caudatus L., Amaranthus cruentus L., and Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.—two varieties for each species, A.ca 74, A.ca 91, A.cu 62, A.cu 66, A. hy 30, and A. hy 48—were evaluated. The in vitro technique was used to evaluate the fermentation characteristics such as total gas production, total volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration, pH, and ammonia concentration of the rumen fluid. Moreover, the effective degradabilities of dry matter (EDDM) and crude protein (EDCP) of the amaranth forages were determined through in situ bag technique. The amaranth forages: A. caudatus, A. cruentus, and A. hypochondriacus showed better nutritive value than the locally produced forages in Chungcheong province of Korea. The CP of the amaranth ranged from 11.95% to 14.19%, and the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents ranged from 45.53% to 70.88% and 34.17% to 49.83%, respectively. Among the amaranth varieties, A. hypochondriacus 48 showed the most excellent ruminant feed nutrient quality (CP, 14.19%; NDF, 45.53%; and ADF, 34.17%). The effective degradabilities of dry matter (EDDM; 33–56%) and crude protein EDCP (27–59%) of the amaranth were lower compared to other studies, which could be due to the maturity stage at which the forages were harvested. Nonetheless, A. hypochondriacus 48 showed the highest EDDM (56.73%) and EDCP (59.09%). The different amaranth species did not differ greatly in terms of total VFA concentration or molar proportions, total gas production, or ammonia-N concentration. The high nutrient composition, and highly effective degradability of dry matter and crude protein, coupled with the favorable fermentation characteristics, suggest that the amaranth forages showed good to excellent feed quality for cattle.

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