Eighteen gilts (initial BW of 10.9 kg; age 4 wk) were used in a 35-d experiment to study the effects of adding microbial phytase to a pearl millet-soybean meal-based diet on growth, apparent digestibility and retention of nutrients, and bone mineral status. The dietary treatments were arranged in a 2 x 3 factorial with two levels of P (.58%, low-P or .95%, adequate-P) and three levels of microb...

Forage analyses are a valuable tool for determining the economic value of forages and for formulating efficient and profitable rations. To be useful, forage analyses must be determined accurately and interpreted correctly. The sample submitted must truly represent the feed being analyzed and the forage analyses must provide information that is relevant. There are reliable and repeatable methods...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the intake and digestibility nutrients, emission enteric CH4, productive performance Nellore bulls grazing Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu palisade grass pastures during rainy season, receiving an energy supplement or mineral supplement, with without inclusion phytogenic additives. Forty-eight were treated with: (1) additives; (2) (3) (4) Consumption t...

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate sweet potato feed as an alternative energy supplement for ovine. A latin-square design was used assess the effects of feeding animals 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5% their body weight in well ryegrass hay (Lolium multiflorum) twice daily, mineral salt water ad libitum. During this 8 males were housed metabolic cages with urine feces collectors. Each round experimentatio...

Mineral profile of tree leaves from eight local species (Acacia modesta, Albezia lebbeck, Capparis aphyla, Prosopes Juliflora, Tecoma undulata, Olea cuspidate, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus jujuba) was evaluated for feeding to sheep and goats. Leave samples were collected from three different locations (Surgul, Shakardara and Gumbat) in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan province...

Inorganic P is often added to growing horse diets because organic P, or phytate-P, is believed to have lower digestibility. If horses can efficiently digest organic P, then the need for inorganic P may be reduced. Much of the P in grain-based concentrates fed to growing horses is in the form of phytate-P. Little is known about the ability of growing horses to degrade phytate-P or whether horse ...

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Bovine and caprine Monterey Jack cheeses were produced unfortified (cheese) or fortified with milk calcium (Ca-cheese). Five groups of male rats were fed a control diet or one of four experimental diets: bovine cheese diet, bovine Ca-cheese diet, caprine cheese diet, and caprine Ca-cheese diet to test their effects on calcium absorption as well as bone mineralization. Significant differences (P...

Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are rich nutritious and affordable by vulnerable groups, thus a good choice for biofortification to address malnutrition. However, increasing micronutrients content of beans, without improving micronutrients bioavailability will not improve the micronutrients status of consumers. Effect of different processing methods on the physicochemical characteristics o...

The effects of combining soyasaponins with plant ingredients on intestinal function and fish health were investigated in an 80 d study with Atlantic salmon (270 g) distributed thirty each into twenty-four tanks with seawater. Soyasaponins were supplemented (2 g/kg) to diets with maize gluten (MG), pea protein concentrate (PPC) and sunflower (SFM), rapeseed (RSM) or horsebean meals. A diet with ...