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In situ degradability of dry matter and neutral-detergent fibre of thorn scrubland forage consumed by goats in the semi-arid region of north Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

R. A. S. Juárez ,
E. R. Montoya ,
C. G. Nevarez ,
S. M. A. Cerrillo  and
F. L. Mould
R. A. S. Juárez*
Affiliation:
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Facultad deMedicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Estudios de Posgrado, Carretera Durango-Mezquitalkm 11-5 Durango, Dgo, Mexico
E. R. Montoya
Affiliation:
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Facultad deMedicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Estudios de Posgrado, Carretera Durango-Mezquitalkm 11-5 Durango, Dgo, Mexico
C. G. Nevarez
Affiliation:
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Facultad deMedicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Estudios de Posgrado, Carretera Durango-Mezquitalkm 11-5 Durango, Dgo, Mexico
S. M. A. Cerrillo
Affiliation:
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Facultad deMedicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, División de Estudios de Posgrado, Carretera Durango-Mezquitalkm 11-5 Durango, Dgo, Mexico
F. L. Mould
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
*
†E-mail: ajuarez52@yahoo.com.mx
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Abstract

Three goats provided with oesophageal and ruminal cannulae were used to determine variations in dry matter (DM) and neutral-detergent fibre (NDF) degradability of the forage consumed when grazing thorn scrubland in the semi-arid region of north Mexico, during two consecutive dry and wet periods. Ingesta samples were incubated intraruminally, the data were fitted to the exponential equation P = a + b (l - e-ct) and statistically analysed using a randomized-block design. Organic matter and crude protein (CP) contents were higher (P < 0.05) in the wet seasons. Values of NDF were similar in dry and wet season of both years whereas higher numerical values of acid-detergent fibre (ADF), lignin and cellulose were registered in the dry seasons. DM and NDF degradabilities after 24 and 48 h of ruminal incubation were higher (P < 0.05) in the wet seasons. Higher values (P < 0.05) in DM and NDF bag losses at zero time (A fraction) were registered in the two wet seasons. The insoluble but fermentable DM and NDF (B fractions) were higher (P < 0.05) in the 1999 wet season and variable in the rest of the studied period. Numerically higher values of DM and NDF c fraction were found in wet periods, whereas DM and NDF potential degradabilities were higher (P < 0.05) in the wet season in 1999 and similar across seasons in 2000. Lowest (P < 0.05) contents of CP in grazed forage, DM and NDF degradabilities after 48 h of ruminal incubation, and A, and B, and c fractions were observed in the dry seasons. Thus, these results may be related to both the lower feeding value of forage consumed by the animals and lower performance of livestock during this period. Then, the DM and NDF degradability after 48 h, together with the insoluble but fermentable matter and the c fraction permit the nutritive value of the forage consumed by grazing goats to be accurately described.

Keywords

goatsgrazingMexicorumen digestionsemi-desert scrub
Type
Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , December 2004 , pp. 505 - 511
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2004

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