EFFECT OF DRY ROASTING ON COMPOSITION, DIGESTIBILITY AND DEGRADABILITY OF FIBER FRACTIONS OF MESQUITE PODS (PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA) AS FEED SUPPLEMENT IN GOATS

Two studies were performed to analize the roasting effects (150º C/45 min) in the composition, in vivo digestibility and in situ degradability of fiber fractions (NDF and ADF) of mesquite pods. In the first test, eight Nubian goats (37.6 + 3.4 kg), fistulated and cannulated of rumen were used, in t...

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Main Authors: Héctor Marío Andrade-Montemayor, Francisco Salvador Alegría-Ríos, Moises Pacheco-López, Jose Heriberto Aguilar-Borjas, Jose Luis Orlando Villegas-Díaz, Ricardo Basurto-Gutierrez, Héctor Jimenez-Severiano, Héctor Raimundo Vera-Avila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2009-06-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/108