Use of In vitro Gas Production Technique to Investigate Interactions between Rice Straw, Wheat Straw, Maize Stover and Alfalfa or Clover
![]() ![]() |
Tang, S.X.
(Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Tayo, G.O. (Babcock University) Tan, Z.L. (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences) Sun, Z.H. (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences) Wang, M. (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences) Ren, G.P. (Central South University of Forestry and Technology) Han, X.F. (Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
1 | Sandoval-Castro, C. A., C. Capetillo-Leal, R. Cetina-Gongora and L. Ramirez-Aviles. 2002. A mixture simplex design to study associative effects with an in vitro gas production technique, Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 101:191-200. DOI ScienceOn |
2 |
SAS. 1996. |
3 | Liu, J. X., A. Susenbeth and K. H. Siidekum. 2002. In vitro gas production measurements to evaluate interactions between untreated and chemically treated rice straws, grass hay, and mulberry leaves. J. Anim. Sci. 80:517-524. DOI |
4 | Manyuchi, B., F. D. DeB. Hovell, L. R. Ndlovu, J. H. Topps and A. Tigere. 1996. Feeding napier hay as supplement to sheep given poor quality natural pasture hay: Effects of level of napier hay supplement and inclusion of urea in the basal diet on intake and digestibility. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 63: 123-135. DOI ScienceOn |
5 | Cheng, K. J., C. S. Stewart, D. Dinsdale and J. W. Costerton. 1984. Electron microscopy of bacteria involved in the digestion of plant cell walls. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 10:93-120. DOI ScienceOn |
6 | Cone, J. W. and A. H. Van Gelder. 1999. Influence of protein fermentation on gas production profiles. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 76:251-264. DOI ScienceOn |
7 | Blummel, M., H. P. S. Makkar and K. Becker. 1997. In vitro gas production: a technique revisited. J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutr. 77:24-34. DOI |
8 | Schofield, P. R., E. Pitt and A. N. Pell. 1994. Kinetics of fiber digestion from in vitro gas production. J. Anim. Sci. 72:2980-2991. DOI |
9 | Nicholson, J. W. G. 1984. Digestibility, nutritive value and feed intake (Ed. F. Sundst01 and E. Owen). Straw and Other fibrous By-products as Feed. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, Netherlands. p. 340. |
10 | Prasad, C. S., C. D. Wood and K. T. Sampath. 1994. Use of in vitro gas production to evaluate rumen fermentation of untreated and urea-treated finger millet straw (Eleusine coracana) supplemented with different levels of concentrate. J. Sci. Food Agric. 65:457-464. DOI ScienceOn |
11 | Silva, A. T. and E. R. Orskov. 1988. The effect of five different supplements on the degradation of straw in sheep given untreated barley straw. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 19:289-298. DOI ScienceOn |
12 | Zhou, C. S., S. X. Tang, H. L. Jiang and Z. L. Tan. 2005. Study on in vitro fermentation characteristics of crop straws and their combinatorial utilization. J. Appl. Ecol. 18: 1862-1867. |
13 | Tang S. X., Z. L. Tanl , C. S. Zhou, H. L. Jiang, Y. M. Jiang and L. X. Sheng. 2006. A comparison of in vitro fermentation characteristics of different botanical fractions of mature maize stover. J. Anim. Feed Sci. 15:507-517. |
14 | Theodouou, M. K., B. A. Williams, M. S. Dhanoa, A. B. McAllan and J. France. 1994. A simple gas production method using a pressure transducer to determine the fermentation kinetics of ruminant feeds. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 48: 185-197. DOI ScienceOn |
15 | Wood, C. D. and B. Manyuchi. 1997. Use of an in vitro gas production method to investigate interactions between veld and napier hay or groundnut hay supplements. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 67:265-278. DOI ScienceOn |
16 | Moss, A. R., D. I. Givens and R. H. Phipps. 1992. Digestibility and energy value of combinations of forage mixtures. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 39:151-172. DOI ScienceOn |
17 | Tang, S. X., H. L. Jiang, C. S. Zhou and Z. L. Tan. 2005. Effects of different forage species on in vitro gas production characteristics. Acta Prataculturae Sinica. 14:72-77. |
18 | AOAC. 1990. Official Methods of Analysis (15th Ed.). Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Arlington, VA, USA. |
19 | Menke, K. H. and H. Steingass. 1988. Estimation of the energetic feed value obtained from chemical analysis and in vitro gas production using rumen fluid. Anim. Res. Dev. 28:7-55. |
20 | Goering, H. K. and P. J. Van Soest. 1970. Forage fiber analyses (apparatus, reagents, procedures and some applications). Agric. Handbook No. 379. ARS, USDA, Washington, DC. |
21 | Xi, D. M., M. Wanapat, W. D. Deng, T. B. He, Z. F. Yang and H. M. Mao. 2007. Comparison of gayal (Bos frontalis) and Yurman Yellow cattle (Bos taurus): in vitro dry matter digestibility and gas production for a range of forages. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 20:1208-1214. DOI |
![]() |