1979
DOI: 10.1071/ea9790350
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Variability in the chemical composition of cereal straws and in vitro digestibility with and without sodium hydroxide treatment

Abstract: A total of 28 samples of wheat, oat and barley straws showed a wide range in concentration of nitrogen, ash, gross energy, neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, residual ash, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and phosphorus. Four straws that had suffered rain damage before collection ranged in in vitro organic matter digestibility from 25 to 34%, compared with 30 to 49% for the other straws; after treatment with 6 g NaOH per 100 g dry matter the ranges were 42 to … Show more

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“…The 48-h DML values for some of the straws were similar to the in vitro organic-matter digestibility (OMD) values reported by Pearce, Beard and Hillard (1979;0-453) and Kernan et al (1979;0-377). The 48-h DML values for some of the straws were similar to the in vitro organic-matter digestibility (OMD) values reported by Pearce, Beard and Hillard (1979;0-453) and Kernan et al (1979;0-377).…”
Section: Untreated Strawssupporting
confidence: 85%
“…The 48-h DML values for some of the straws were similar to the in vitro organic-matter digestibility (OMD) values reported by Pearce, Beard and Hillard (1979;0-453) and Kernan et al (1979;0-377). The 48-h DML values for some of the straws were similar to the in vitro organic-matter digestibility (OMD) values reported by Pearce, Beard and Hillard (1979;0-453) and Kernan et al (1979;0-377).…”
Section: Untreated Strawssupporting
confidence: 85%
“…This calls for the need to examine our feeding strategies (especially supplementation schemes) accordingly when feeding dairy cows using crop residues as basal diets. The research result indicated that heavy rain may leach out the cell contents resulting in low digestibility (Pearce et al, 1979). Similar effects would be expected under conditions of inadequate protection from moisture when cut straw is stored.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 53%
“…In addition, moldiness may reduce the acceptability of the material to animals. Pearce et al (1979) reported that rain damaged cereal straw has lower quality than undamaged straw. The invitro organic matter digestibility of the straws which have suffered by rain damage ranged from 25 to 34% compared with 30 to 49% for the undamaged straw.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides cellulose, straw also contains mineral substances, lignin, and pentosans that have an increasing role in the present diet. New researches offer more detailed information on the straw composition (Arisoy 1998;Pearce et al 1998;Rouzbehan et al 2001;Fazaeli et al 2003).…”
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confidence: 99%