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Gas production technique in the evaluation of horse feeds using equine faeces and rumen liquid as inoculum source 2. In vitro digestibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

C. E. Furtado ,
D. M. S. S. Vitti ,
I. C. S. Bueno ,
R. S. Dias ,
P. B. Godoy ,
S. L. S. Cabral Filho  and
A. L. Abdalla
C. E. Furtado*
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PO Box 331, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Pr, Brazil
D. M. S. S. Vitti
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
I. C. S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
R. S. Dias
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
P. B. Godoy
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
S. L. S. Cabral Filho
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Nutrição Animal, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
*
E-mail: cefurtado@cena.usp.br
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In vitro and in situ techniques for research on ruminants are currently much in focus. Since they have good correlations with in vivo data, they are feasible alternatives to predict the nutrition rates of feeds and may be applied in equine research on in vivo apparent digestibility. On the other hand, the disadvantage of these methods is due to the fact that fistulated animals are required to obtain the inoculum. Theodorou et al., (1994) developed an extremely promising gas production technique to assess feeds for ruminants, but still require rumen inoculum obtained from operated animals. Faecal microorganisms function similarly to those in the rumen and in the large intestine of equines. The objective this experiment was to compare rumen liquor and equine faeces as inoculum to determine in vitro digestibility of equine feeds.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 111
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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