Abstract Purpose The present experiment aimed to evaluate date palm leaves (DPL) treated without or with fibrolytic enzymes as a feed for ruminants. Methods employed an in vitro wireless gas production system the dietary inclusion of DPL sun-dried, ensiled 45 days. different forms replaced berseem hay (300 g/kg diet) at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% diet. Results Dried linearly decreased asymptotic to...

An in vitro gas production technique was used to investigate the associative effects of untreated or biologically-treated linen straw with berseem hay (H). The linen straw (LS) was biologically treated with white rot fungi (TLS). Ground samples (200 mg DM) of H, LS, TLS and the mixtures (50% w/w) of H + LS and H + TLS were incubated in 100 ml glass syringes with buffered rumen fluid. Cumulative...