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Rumen degradability of Mongolian pastures: a comparison of in situ and in vitro gas production techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

A.H. Murray ,
D. Daalkhaijav  and
C.D. Wood
A.H. Murray
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
D. Daalkhaijav
Affiliation:
Research Institiute of Animal Husbandry, Zaisan 53, Ulaanbaatar 210153, Mongolia
C.D. Wood
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
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In Mongolia animal performance is very much dependent on the quality and quantity of natural grassland available, since certain pastoral animals may obtain as much as 98% of their annual intake from pasture. There have been few studies to date on either in vivo or in vitro degradation of native Mongolian pastures. This paper seeks to investigate the degradation characteristics of native pastures from 2 regions in Mongolia, high mountain and forest steppe. It also investigates the relationship between the in vitro gas production technique and the in sacco technique.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 227
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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