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Gas production technique in the evaluation of horse feeds using equine faeces and rumen liquid as inoculum source 1. Fermentation kinetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

C. E. Furtado ,
D. M. S. S. Vitti ,
I. C. S. Bueno ,
A. P. Roque ,
E. F. Nozella ,
A. P. Minho  and
A. L. Abdalla
C. E. Furtado*
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PO Box 331, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil
D. M. S. S. Vitti
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
I. C. S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
A. P. Roque
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
E. F. Nozella
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
A. P. Minho
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
A. L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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E-mail:cefurtado@uem.br
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The in vitro gas production is a widely used technique for the evaluation of feeds for ruminant animals. Although it measures rate and extension of gas production during feed fermentation in culture medium, rumen inoculum from operated animals (fistulae) is required. Faecal microorganisms function similarly to those in the rumen; they decompose feed and do not require operated animals. The objective of the present experiment was to compare rumen liquor and equine faeces as source of inoculum in the gas production technique.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 110
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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