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- Title
Estimation of ruminal outflow in buffaloes fed diets with different energy and protein sources by use of reticular and omasal sampling.
- Authors
Brant, Lara Maria Santos; de Carvalho, Gleidson Giordano Pinto; Pina, Douglas dos Santos; de Araújo, Maria Leonor Garcia Melo Lopes; Santos, Stefanie Alvarenga; Leite, Laudi Cunha; Alba, Henry Daniel Ruiz; Bulcão, Lucas Fialho de Aragão; da Silva, Liliane Oliveira; de Freitas Júnior, José Esler
- Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different traditional or alternative energy and protein sources, associated or not, on feeding behavior, ruminal kinetics, and post-ruminal flow of nutrients. Besides, it was assessed diets’ effects on different sites (reticulum and omasum) of buffaloes. Four ruminally cannulated male Murrah buffaloes (average initial weight of 637 ± 66.37 kg) were randomly distributed in a 4 × 4 Latin square design. Treatments were arranged as 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. The first factor evaluated was the inclusion of energy sources (ground corn and crude glycerin), and the second factor was the inclusion of protein sources (soybean meal and cottonseed cake). Buffaloes fed cottonseed cake had a higher content of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and potentially digestible detergent fiber (pdNDF) in the rumen environment than buffaloes fed soybean meal. There was a sampling site effect on rumen digestion rates of pdNDF, passage rates of indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF), and pdNDF, and flow of iNDF. In this study, omasal collections were more representative. Total replacement of ground corn by crude glycerin promoted less NDF ruminal digestibility, and care should be taken to include this energy source. The cottonseed cake does not cause a difference in rumen dynamics and can totally replace soybean meal in feedlot buffaloes' diet.
- Publication
Tropical Animal Health & Production, 2021, Vol 53, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0049-4747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11250-021-02630-5