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Use of Detergents in the Analysis of Fibrous Feeds. II. A Rapid Method for the Determination of Fiber and Lignin
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The acid-detergent fiber method (ADF) as mentioned in this paper is a fiber method based on cetyl trimethylammonium bromide to dissolve proteins in acid solution.Abstract:
The capacity of cetyl trimethylammonium bromide to dissolve proteins in acid solution has been utilized in development of a method, called acid-detergent fiber method (ADF), which is not only a fiber determination in itself bnt also the major preparatory step in the determination of lignin. The entire procedure for determining fiber and lignin is considerably more rapid than presently published methods. Compositional studies show ADF to consist chiefly of lignin and polysaccharides. Correlations with the new fiber method and digestibility of 18 forages (r = —0.79) showed it to be somewhat superior to crude fiber (r = —0.73) in estimating nutritive valué. The correla-read more
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Influence of Infrared (Micronization) Treatment on the Nutritional Value of Corn and Low- and High-Tannin Sorghum
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Persistence of carnivore scat in the Sonoran Desert
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TL;DR: Investigation of the longevity, nutritional content, and fates of coyote and bobcat scats near Tucson, Arizona from April 2000–July 2001 found that unprotected scats disappeared sooner than expected based on decomposition rate.
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Sodium hydroxide treatment of barley straw; effect of volume and concentration of solution on digestibility and intake by sheep
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of treatment of spring-sown barley straw (var. Deba Abed) with NaOH solution and subsequent neutralization with hydrochloric acid (HCl) on its digestibility and intake by sheep was investigated.
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Methods to determine metabolizable energy and digestibility of feed ingredients in the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica)
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TL;DR: Evidence is presented that the method of measuring total feed intake and excreta output for a period of 3 d, with individual adaptation of birds to collection cages, resulted in the most reliable values for AMEn, NR, and apparent digestibility of DM, organic matter and ether extract of feed ingredients in pigeons.
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Soil litter dynamics and N use in a leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala Lam. (de Witt)) alley cropping system in Southwestern Nigeria
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