Estimation of Partial Gas Production Times of Some Feedstuffs Used in Ruminant Nutrition
KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.17, sa.5, ss.731-734, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.731-734
- Anahtar Kelimeler: In vitro gas production, Partial gas production times, Wheat straw, Alfalfa hay, Barley grain, METABOLIZABLE ENERGY CONTENT, DRY-MATTER DEGRADATION, IN-VITRO, CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION, RUMEN, FERMENTATION, DIGESTIBILITY, DEGRADABILITY, FIBER
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of this study was to determine the gas production kinetics of wheat straw, alfalfa hay and barley grain and estimate t25, t50, t75 and t95 using Y = A(1-exp(-ct)) exponential model. Gas productions were determined at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h incubation times. At all incubation times gas production of barley grain was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than those of wheat straw and alfalfa hay. The in vitro gas production rate (c) and total gas production (A) of barley grain was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than those of wheat straw and alfalfa hay. Time to produce 25, 50, 75 and 95% of total gas production (t25, t50, t75 and t95) of barley grain also were significantly (P < 0.01) lower than those of wheat straw and alfalfa hay. As a result, in addition to the "c" and "A", using Y = A(1-expct) exponential model the estimation of t25, t50, t75 and t95 will provide more useful data to compare feedstuffs in terms of in vitro fermentation studies.