Llama and sheep ruminal fluid digestive capacity by in vitro gas production technique

Autor: Abimael Ortiz‐Chura, Marisa Wawrzkiewicz, Silvio Cravero, María Gabriela Fernández Pepi, María Esperanza Cerón‐Cucchi, Gustavo Jaurena
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of the science of food and agricultureREFERENCES. 102(12)
ISSN: 1097-0010
Popis: The in vitro gas production technique has been used to evaluate forage fermentation kinetics. However, individual and animal species variation can change fermentation patterns due to differences in ruminal environment and microbiota. The aim was to verify whether rumen inoculum (RI) of llama had superior intrinsic digestion capacity and reduced methane (CHDry and organic matter (OM) digestibility produced with llama RI tended to exceed that of sheep (P = 0.099 and 0.074, respectively) at 24 h of incubation. However, at 48 h, the sheep RI presented higher substrate digestibility and asymptotic value of gas production than that of llama (P 0.010). CHLlama RI tended to surpass that of sheep in dry and OM digestibility at 24 h of incubation, but sheep RI at 48 h presented a higher digestibility and gas production value than llama RI. No differences between the two species were detected for CH
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