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Relationship between in vitro gas production and neutral detergent fibre disappearance in three tropical grasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

M. Herrero  and
N.S. Jessop
M. Herrero
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, Scotland
N.S. Jessop
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, Scotland
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In vitro gas production techniques have been used to nutritionally characterise feedstuffs for ruminants. Consideration of both the soluble and insoluble fractions has recently been shown to be essential for adequate description of cell wall disappearance (Jessop and Herrero, 1996). This study investigates how gas production measurements can be used to predict neutral detergent fibre (NDF) disappearance by correcting for the gas volume produced in the early stages of fermentation from neutral detergent solubles (NDS). The study was carried out using three tropical grasses.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 219
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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