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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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Precipitation Regime and Nitrogen Addition Effects on Leaf Litter Decomposition in Tropical Dry Forests
TL;DR: In this article, a year-long field experiment was conducted to investigate how nitrogen addition affected decomposition of Piscidia piscipula and Gymnopodium floribundum along a precipitation gradient in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
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Seasonal Variations in Foods and Digestion of Mongolian Gazelles in China
TL;DR: It is suggested that Mongolian gazelles can digest fibrous food more efficiently during autumn and winter than during spring, and the grazing of livestock should be reduced to provide high-quality and abundant forage in Mongolia's gazelle habitat.
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Comparison of Chemical and Functional Properties of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Varieties Cultivated in Mexican Southeast
Maira Rubí Segura-Campos,Enrique Barbosa-Martín,Angel Jesus Matus-Basto,Diana Leticia Cabrera-Amaro,María Murguía-Olmedo,Yolanda Moguel-Ordoñez,David Betancur-Ancona +6 more
TL;DR: The leaf powders from two varieties of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) cultivated in Yucatan, Mexico were analyzed for their proximate======composition, dietary fiber composition and functional properties as mentioned in this paper.
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Moose Alces alces bite diameter selection in relation to twig quality on four phenotypes of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris
TL;DR: Chemical and morphological analyses of the trees indicated that twig fibre and tree/shoot size strongly affected moose bite diameter choice, and sight and chewing sensation are suggested to be the main browsing strategies used by moose.
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Effect of dietary fibre and caecectomy on the excretion of endogenous amino acids from adult cockerels.
TL;DR: A proportion of the amino acids and N of the maize husks and of endogenous origin appeared to be degraded or retained in the caeca of intact birds in caecectomised and intact male domestic fowls.
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