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A low tech in vitro procedure using faecal liquor for the estimation of digestibility of Forages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

H.M. Omed ,
A. Faza ,
R.F.E. Axford ,
I. Ap Dewi  and
D.I. Givens
H.M. Omed
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
A. Faza
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
R.F.E. Axford
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
I. Ap Dewi
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
D.I. Givens
Affiliation:
ADAS Feed Evaluation & Nutritional Sciences, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9RQ
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Two-stage techniques Tilley & Terry (1963) for the estimation of digestibility have 3 main disadvantages for use in developing countries with limited laboratory facilities. Carbon dioxide is needed to saturate the buffers; a centrifuge is necessary to separate residues from solubilised materials; and the methods uses pepsin as a proteolytic agent. The aim of the present study was to eliminate these three requirements for the faecal liquor method ( Omed et al., 1989), by replacing bicarbonate with phosphate buffer (Marten & Barnes, 1980), pepsin with biological washing liquid, and centrifugation with sedimentation.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 59
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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