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Effect of physical processing on in situ degradation of barley in the caecum of ponies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

B M L McLean ,
J J Hyslop ,
A C Longland  and
D Cuddeford
B M L McLean
Affiliation:
Dept. of Vet. Clinical Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
J J Hyslop
Affiliation:
Dept. of Vet. Clinical Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
A C Longland
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
D Cuddeford
Affiliation:
Dept. of Vet. Clinical Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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Cereal grains are often subjected to physical processing before being fed to equids. However, little information is available on how physical processing of cereals affects degradation dynamics in equids. This experiment examines the effect of two physical processing methods (micronisation and extrusion) on in situ degradation of barley in the caecum of ponies

Three caecally fistulated mature Welsh-cross pony geldings (approx. LW 270kg) were offered ad libitum grass hay plus minerals. Incubation bags (monofilament polyester 6.5 x 20cm, 41μm pores, 16mg/cm2 sample size) containing either unprocessed barley (UB), micronised barley (MB) or extruded barley (EB) were incubated in the caecum for fixed times according to both a forward (0, 2, 4, 6, 12, 8, 24, 48h) and reverse (48, 24, 8, 4, 12, 6, 2, 0h) incubation sequence. For each feedstuff residues from each time were bulked within pony and across incubation sequence for subsequent analysis of dry matter (DM) and starch (STC). Degradation profiles were fitted to the DM and STC disappearance data according to Ørskov and McDonald (1979).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 127
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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Ørskov, E.R. and McDonald, I. 1979 The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighted according to rate of passage. Journal of Agricultural Science (Camb.) 92: 499–503 10.1017/S0021859600063048CrossRefGoogle Scholar