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Effect of methanolic extract of Viscum album on
in vitro fermentation and digestibility of soybean meal
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Niasati M, Palizdar* MH, Pourelmi MR and
Pasha Chalandari H |
Department of Animal
Science, Islamic Azad University- Chalous Branch, Mazandaran, Iran
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Abstract |
The objective of this
study was to determine the effect of different levels of methanolic
extract of Viscum album on fermentation pattern of soybean
meal in in vitro gas production technique. Completely randomized
experimental design with four treatments namely 0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 ml
of Viscum album and three replicates for each treatment were
used. Gas production was measured at 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h
of incubation time using a mixture of filtered rumen liquor of three
fistulated Talleshi native steers. Chemical analysis showed that the
soybean meal contained 43.58, 2.74 and 6.32 percent of crude protein,
crude fat and crude ash respectively. The results showed that gas
production decreased at 8, 12 and 24 h of incubation for treatments of
0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 ml respectively, and gas production increased
exponentially with incubation time. There was a significant difference
between treatments in potential of gas production (a+b) and gas
production from insoluble fraction (b) at the test level (P<0.05). The
results also showed that the effect of Viscum album extract
on organic matter digestibility (OMD), metabolizable energy (ME) and
net energy for lactation (NEL) was not significant between treatments.
Viscum album extract fairly reduced degradability of soybean meal
and decreased gas production in the rumen with no effect on the rate and
extent of fermentable organic matter.
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Keywords:
Fermentation; gas
production technique; soybean meal; Viscum album |
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To cite this article:
Niasati M, MH Palizdar,
MR Pourelmi and HP Chalandari, 2014.
Effect of methanolic extract of Viscum album on in
vitro fermentation and digestibility of soybean meal.
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(7): 411-415. |
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