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Effect of fungal treatment on the chemical composition, in vitro digestibility and in sacco degradability of wheat straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

H. Fazaeli ,
A. Azizi ,
Z. A. M. Jelan  and
S. A. Mirhadi
H. Fazaeli*
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute, P.O. Box 1483, 31585 Karaj, I.R., Iran
A. Azizi
Affiliation:
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Karaj, I.R., Iran
Z. A. M. Jelan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia
S. A. Mirhadi
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute, P.O. Box 1483, 31585 Karaj, I.R., Iran
*
E-mail: Fazaeli2000@yahoo.com
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Fungal treatment has been recently considered as a promising method for improving the nutritive value of straw (Zadrazil et al., 1997). Several studies have been conducted to identify species of white-rot fungi for assessing their ability to improve the nutritive value of straw (Yamakamwa et al., 1992). Since there are many species of fungi in nature, there is an interest in characterising of some species. The objectives of this experiment were to study the effect of five Pleurotus fungi on the chemical composition, in vitro digestibility and in sacco degradability of wheat straw and evaluate their effect in upgrading the nutritive value of lignicellulosic materials.

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Feed Characterisation
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 166
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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