1. Effects of ensiling maize and sample conditioning on in situ rumen degradation of dry matter, starch and fibre
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A. Férard, Pierre Nozière, René Baumont, A. Le Morvan, J. Peyrat, P. V. Protin, Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Station Expérimentale de la Jaillière, ARVALIS - Institut du végétal [Paris], and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
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[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences ,2. Zero hunger ,Starch ,Silage ,in situ ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Forage ,15. Life on land ,sample conditioning ,Nitrogen ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Rumen ,Animal science ,Agronomy ,chemistry ,forage conservation ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Dry matter ,Hemicellulose ,ruminal degradation ,maize silage ,[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition ,Incubation - Abstract
International audience; High-production ruminants are commonly fed maize silage, which makes accurate evaluation of its nutritive value a key economic issue. However, evaluations of the rate and extent of ruminal degradation of starch and cell wall fractions from maize silage carry uncertainty due to the lack of a standardized method. Here, we investigated the effects of ensiling and sample conditioning on in situ-measured degradation of maize forage. Eight series of maize samples (two hybrids × two maturity stages × two methods of conservation [non-ensiled or fresh and ensiled]) were nylon-bagged in three conditionings: dried and ground to 1 mm (D1), dried and ground to 4 mm (D4), frozen and coarse-ground (FG). Disappearance of dry matter (DM), starch and fibre (aNDF) was measured in situ in cow rumen after different incubation times (2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 48 and 96 h). Effects of ensiling, sample conditioning, genotype, maturity and their interactions on DM, starch and aNDF degradation were analyzed using the SAS MIXED procedure. Effective dry matter degradability (ED4DM) was significantly higher (P
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- 2014
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