Alternative techniques for measuring nutrient digestion in ruminants

MD Stern, A Bach, S Calsamiglia - Journal of Animal Science, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Because in vivo measurement of nutrient digestion in the rumen and small intestine requires
ruminally and intestinally cannulated animals that are expensive, labor-intensive, and …

[PDF][PDF] Protein degradation in ruminant diets

WM Van Straalen, S Tamminga - t> t\onv\, zo) &, 1990 - edepot.wur.nl
Feed protein ingested by ruminants is subject to extensive microbial degradation in the
rumen. Resulting end products like ammonia and/or amino acids are subsequently …

A modified three-step in vitro procedure to determine intestinal digestion of proteins

S Gargallo, S Calsamiglia, A Ferret - Journal of animal science, 2006 - academic.oup.com
An in vitro, batch incubator (DaisyII) was used to simplify the 3-step, in vitro procedure (TSP)
to reduce the cost and labor involved in the determination of intestinal digestion of proteins …

Protected proteins and amino acids for ruminants

CG Schwab - Biotechnology in animal feeds and animal feeding, 1995 - books.google.com
The fundamental goal of ruminant protein nutrition is to optimize the efficiency of utilization of
dietary N to maximize growth and milk production per unit of N consumed. This requires fine …

Amino acid profile and intestinal digestibility in dairy cows of rumen-undegradable protein from various feedstuffs

LJ Erasmus, PM Botha, CW Cruywagen… - Journal of dairy …, 1994 - Elsevier
Three lactating cows fitted with rumen cannulas and three cows fitted with proximal
duodenal cannulas were used to determine the effect of in situ rumen degradation on the AA …

Estimation of the true digestibility of rumen undegraded dietary protein in the small intestine of ruminants by the mobile bag technique

T Hvelplund, MR Weisbjerg… - … Scandinavica A-Animal …, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
Dietary protein degraded to various extents by varying the time of rumen incubation was
prepared from eight concentrates and four roughages. Intestinal digestibility was obtained …

Quantifying forage protein quality

GA Broderick - Forage quality, evaluation, and utilization, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Any method of assessing forage protein quality should describe the degree to which the
forage contributes both bacterial crude protein and undegraded intake protein (UIP) to meet …

Influence of dry heat treatment of canola meal on site and extent of nutrient disappearance in ruminants

JJ McKinnon, JA Olubobokun, A Mustafa… - Animal Feed Science …, 1995 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to determine the effects of temperature and duration of heating (125
or 145° C for 10, 20 or 30 min) on ruminal, intestinal and total tract disappearance of the dry …

[PDF][PDF] Nutrient digestibility and gas production of some tropical feeds used in ruminant diets estimated by the in vivo and in vitro gas production techniques

P Hamid, T Akbar, J Hossein, MG Ali - Am. J. Anim. Vet. Sci, 2007 - Citeseer
Some feedstuffs which used in ruminants diet (corn grain, soybean meal, wheat bran and
alfalfa) were analyzed for chemical composition, apparent in vivo nutrient digestibility, in …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of increased heat processing and particle size on phosphorus bioavailability in corn distillers dried grains with solubles

CM Amezcua, CM Parsons - Poultry science, 2007 - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported that increased heat processing and feeding larger particle
size ingredients may increase the bioavailability of phytate P in some feedstuffs. Therefore …