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Bovine or equine faeces as sources of micro-organisms instead of rumen liquor in the Tilley and Terry in vitro digestibility technique for evaluating forages in Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

H. Whittall ,
E.J. Mtengeti ,
L.A. Mtenga ,
D.L. Romney  and
E. Owen
H. Whittall
Affiliation:
The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LEI 2 5RD
E.J. Mtengeti
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
L.A. Mtenga
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
D.L. Romney
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB
E. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 236, Reading RG6 6AT
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Akhter et al.(1994) demonstrated bovine faeces to have considerable potential as a source of microorganisms to replace rumen liquor in the in vitro digestibility method of Tilley and Terry (1963) for evaluating temperate gramminaceous forages, under UK laboratory conditions. In view of the difficulties and costs of maintaining fistulated animals in tropical, less-developed countries, the present study was undertaken in Tanzania to investigate the potential of bovine faeces as a substitute for rumen liquor in the Tilley and Terry technique for evaluating local, gramminaceous forages. Use of equine faeces was also investigated in view of the prevalence of equines in some tropical countries. It was also hypothesised that equines, being hind-gut fermentors, would yield faeces containing more micro-organisms than faeces from bovines, with a consequent improvement in digestibility.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 172
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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