This paper gives an overview of the availability, nutritive quality, and possible strategies to
improve the utilization of rice straw as a feed ingredient for ruminants. Approximately 80% of …

The banning in 2006 of the use of antibiotics as animal growth promoters in the European
Union has increased demand from producers for alternative feed additives that can be used …

Methane emitted from the livestock sector contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Understanding the effects of diet on enteric methane production can help refine GHG …

Rice cultivation generates large amount of crop residues of which only 20% are utilized for
industrial and domestic purposes. In most developing countries especially southeast Asia …

A study was conducted to evaluate the use of exogenous enzymes as a potential means of
improving the cell wall degradation of rice straw. Two developmental cellulases (END), two …

Batch cultures of mixed rumen micro-organisms were used to study the effects of three
fibrolytic enzymes (xylanase from Trichoderma viride (XYL) and fibrolytic enzymes from …

The present study aimed to investigate biodegradability of oily sludge in lab scale
composting and slurry bioreactor using a potential bacterial consortium isolated from …

A series of in vitro fermentation experiments was performed to assess the effects of 4 feed
enzyme products (FE) that varied in enzymatic activities on the degradation of alfalfa hay …

The objective was to evaluate effects of adding a blend of essential oil compounds on
ruminal fermentation and animal performance of feedlot cattle in comparison to sodium …

A series of in vitro experiments was carried out to examine the impact of enzyme application
rate and incubation medium pH on the rate and extent of fermentation of alfalfa stems. In …