Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system

This study investigated two approaches to in vitro analysis of gas production data, being a three phase model with long ([greater-than-or-equal]72 h) incubation times, to obtain kinetics and asymptotic values of gas production, and combination of gas volume measurements with residue determinations a...

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Main Authors: Blümmel, Michael, Cone, J.W., Gelder, A.H. van, Nshalai, I., Umunna, N.N., Makkar, H.P.S., Becker, K.
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Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2005
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/30050
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author Blümmel, Michael
Cone, J.W.
Gelder, A.H. van
Nshalai, I.
Umunna, N.N.
Makkar, H.P.S.
Becker, K.
author_browse Becker, K.
Blümmel, Michael
Cone, J.W.
Gelder, A.H. van
Makkar, H.P.S.
Nshalai, I.
Umunna, N.N.
author_facet Blümmel, Michael
Cone, J.W.
Gelder, A.H. van
Nshalai, I.
Umunna, N.N.
Makkar, H.P.S.
Becker, K.
author_sort Blümmel, Michael
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description This study investigated two approaches to in vitro analysis of gas production data, being a three phase model with long ([greater-than-or-equal]72 h) incubation times, to obtain kinetics and asymptotic values of gas production, and combination of gas volume measurements with residue determinations after a relatively short incubation of 24 h. Dry matter intake (DMI) of 24 Ethiopian forages were predicted by these approaches. Combined gas volume and true degradability measurements in vitro were used to calculate a partitioning factor (PF), being the ratio of mg substrate degraded to ml of gas produced. In the automated test, kinetics of gas production were described by a three phase model: y=a1/(1+(b1/t)c1)+[cdots, three dots, centered]+a3/(1+(b3/t)c3), where y is the gas volume at time t and a1-a3 are the volumes of gas in the pools, b1-b3, the time when half of the gas volume of a given pool is produced and c1-c3 describe the switching characteristics of the curves by pool. The model fitted gas production profiles, but there was no relationship between curve parameters and DMI in multiple regressions (R2 = 0.24, P=0.06). In contrast, combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements at 24 h of incubation accounted for 63, 62 and 56% of the variation (P<0.0001) in DMI when PF was combined with gas volumes measured after 2, 4 and 6 h of incubation, respectively, with PF accounting for 31% of variation in DMI. Forages with high voluntary DMI have high gas volumes at early incubation times (i.e., 2-8 h) and high substrate true degradabilities at 24 h of incubation, but low gas production at later times of incubation.
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spelling CGSpace300502023-12-08T19:36:04Z Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system Blümmel, Michael Cone, J.W. Gelder, A.H. van Nshalai, I. Umunna, N.N. Makkar, H.P.S. Becker, K. forage degradation fermentation gases feed intake methods measurement digestibility body weight fatty acids dry matter content This study investigated two approaches to in vitro analysis of gas production data, being a three phase model with long ([greater-than-or-equal]72 h) incubation times, to obtain kinetics and asymptotic values of gas production, and combination of gas volume measurements with residue determinations after a relatively short incubation of 24 h. Dry matter intake (DMI) of 24 Ethiopian forages were predicted by these approaches. Combined gas volume and true degradability measurements in vitro were used to calculate a partitioning factor (PF), being the ratio of mg substrate degraded to ml of gas produced. In the automated test, kinetics of gas production were described by a three phase model: y=a1/(1+(b1/t)c1)+[cdots, three dots, centered]+a3/(1+(b3/t)c3), where y is the gas volume at time t and a1-a3 are the volumes of gas in the pools, b1-b3, the time when half of the gas volume of a given pool is produced and c1-c3 describe the switching characteristics of the curves by pool. The model fitted gas production profiles, but there was no relationship between curve parameters and DMI in multiple regressions (R2 = 0.24, P=0.06). In contrast, combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements at 24 h of incubation accounted for 63, 62 and 56% of the variation (P<0.0001) in DMI when PF was combined with gas volumes measured after 2, 4 and 6 h of incubation, respectively, with PF accounting for 31% of variation in DMI. Forages with high voluntary DMI have high gas volumes at early incubation times (i.e., 2-8 h) and high substrate true degradabilities at 24 h of incubation, but low gas production at later times of incubation. 2005-09 2013-06-11T09:26:00Z 2013-06-11T09:26:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/30050 en Limited Access Elsevier Animal Feed Science and Technology;123-124(1): 517-526
spellingShingle forage
degradation
fermentation
gases
feed intake
methods
measurement
digestibility
body weight
fatty acids
dry matter content
Blümmel, Michael
Cone, J.W.
Gelder, A.H. van
Nshalai, I.
Umunna, N.N.
Makkar, H.P.S.
Becker, K.
Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title_full Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title_fullStr Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title_full_unstemmed Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title_short Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
title_sort prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
topic forage
degradation
fermentation
gases
feed intake
methods
measurement
digestibility
body weight
fatty acids
dry matter content
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/30050
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