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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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Production efficiency of South African Mutton Merino lambs and Boer goat kids receiving either a low or a high energy feedlot diet
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Mixing litter from deciduous and evergreen trees enhances decomposition in a subtropical karst forest in southwestern China
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Disentangling the causes of damage variation by deer browsing on young Thuja plicata
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TL;DR: Variation in browsing on Western redcedars on Haida Gwaii suggests that selection by deer could occur on a long-lived tree and that growth differences due to other factors than browsing could be expressed.
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Carbon mineralization from composts and food industry wastes added to soil
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