Evaluation of Brassica Vegetables as Potential Feed for Ruminants

Evan Rozada, Trinidad de, Vintimilla, Andrea, Navarro Marcos, Carlos, Ranilla García, María José and Carro Travieso, Maria Dolores (2019). Evaluation of Brassica Vegetables as Potential Feed for Ruminants. "Animals", v. 9 (n. 9); p. 588. ISSN 2076-2615. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9090588.

Description

Title: Evaluation of Brassica Vegetables as Potential Feed for Ruminants
Author/s:
  • Evan Rozada, Trinidad de
  • Vintimilla, Andrea
  • Navarro Marcos, Carlos
  • Ranilla García, María José
  • Carro Travieso, Maria Dolores
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Animals
Date: September 2019
ISSN: 2076-2615
Volume: 9
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: Brassica vegetables; in vitro rumen fermentation; methane: in situ rumen degradability; intestinal digestibility
Faculty: E.T.S. de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas (UPM)
Department: Producción Agraria
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

Full text

[thumbnail of INVE_MEM_2019_328341.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer, such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
Download (773kB) | Preview

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the chemical composition, in vitro ruminal fermentation, and intestinal digestibility of discarded samples of four Brassica vegetables: Brussels sprouts (BS), white cabbage, Savoy cabbage, and red cabbage, and to assess the effects of including increasing amounts of BS in the concentrate of a dairy sheep diet on in vitro fermentation, CH4 production, and in situ degradation of the diets. All cabbages had low dry matter content (DM; <16.5%), but their DM had high crude protein (19.5–24.8%) and sugars (27.2–41.4%) content and low neutral detergent fiber (17.5–28%) and was rapidly and extensively fermented in the rumen. Rumen degradability of protein at 12 h of in situ incubation was greater than 91.5% for all cabbages, and in vitro intestinal digestibility of protein ranged from 61.4 to 90.2%. Replacing barley, corn, and soybean meal by 24% of dried BS in the concentrate of a diet for dairy sheep (40:60 alfalfa hay:concentrate) increased in vitro diet fermentation and in situ degradability of DM and protein, and reduced in vitro CH4/total volatile fatty acid ratio. In vivo trials are necessary to confirm these results.

Funding Projects

Type
Code
Acronym
Leader
Title
Government of Spain
AGL2016-75322-C2-1-R
Unspecified
Unspecified
Uso de subproductos agroindustriales en las dietas de pequeños rumiantes: valoración nutritiva, utilización digestiva, rendimientos productivos y calidad de los productos
Government of Spain
AGL2016-75322-C2-2-R
Unspecified
Unspecified
Valoración nutritiva de dietas con subproductos agroindustriales para la alimentación de pequeños rumiantes: degradabilidad ruminal, emisiones de metano y producción y calidad

More information

Item ID: 67962
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/67962/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:67962
DOI: 10.3390/ani9090588
Official URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/9/588
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 07 Oct 2021 13:26
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2021 13:26
  • Logo InvestigaM (UPM)
  • Logo GEOUP4
  • Logo Open Access
  • Open Access
  • Logo Sherpa/Romeo
    Check whether the anglo-saxon journal in which you have published an article allows you to also publish it under open access.
  • Logo Dulcinea
    Check whether the spanish journal in which you have published an article allows you to also publish it under open access.
  • Logo de Recolecta
  • Logo del Observatorio I+D+i UPM
  • Logo de OpenCourseWare UPM