Effect of varying levels of formaldehyde treatment of mustard oil cake on rumen fermentation, digestibility in wheat straw based total mixed diets in vitro

Autor: Sudhir Kumar Tomar, Debashis Roy, Mahima, Vinod Kumar, Muneendra Kumar
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Veterinary World
Veterinary World, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 551-555 (2015)
ISSN: 2231-0916
0972-8988
DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2015.551-555
Popis: Aim: The aim of the current study was to protect the protein in mustard cake by different levels of formaldehyde treatment with a view to optimize the level of formaldehyde. Materials and Methods: Different levels of formaldehyde treatment (0, 1, 1.5 and 2% of crude protein) containing concentrate and roughages diet in 40:60 ratio were tested for their effect on nutrients digestibility, in vitro ammonia release, in vitro gas production and change in protein fractions. Non-significant (p≤0.05) effect on pH, microbial biomass, partitioning factor, total gas production (TGP), TGP per g dry matter and TGP per g digestible dry matter (ml/g) was observed in almost all the treatments. Results: Total volatile fatty acids at 2% formaldehyde treatment level of mustard cake was lower (p
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