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Resumen 555Preliminary observations on rumen fermentation and growth in cattle fed NaOH treated elephant grass and Canavalia ensiformis forage.
Dixon,-RM; Escobar,-A; Preston,-TR; Parra,-R Instituto de Produccion Animal, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela.
Tropical-Animal-Production. 1983, 8: 3, 230-235; 5 ref.
Mixtures of mature elephant grass and C. ensiformis forage were treated with NaOH and used to measure the pattern and extent of rumen fermentation in fistulated sheep and as a basal diet for growing cattle. DM fermentation of the forage mixture in sheep, measured by nylon bags in the rumen, was increased substantially by NaOH; zero time solubility increased from 29 to 38%, digestibility over 48 h from 62 to 76% and time to digest half the DM decreased from 31 to 21 h Este resumen se refiere a las siguientes especies: |