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The interaction between dietary lipids and fibre in the sheep 1. A comparison of the methods used for crude fibre and acid-detergent fibre estimations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. Devendra  and
D. Lewis
C. Devendra
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics
D. Lewis
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics
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Summary

A comparison has been made between the methods for crude fibre (CF) and acid-detergent fibre (MADF) determination. In diets containing 10 to 70 % hay with or without 8 % tallow (T) or maize oil (MO), a highly significant (P < 0·001) correlation of r = 0·95 was observed between CF and MADF estimates. This high correlation confirmed a similar relationship found in silages, concentrate feeds and also hays. Similarly for rumen digesta, a correlation of r = 0·93 was found (P < 0·001). The equation for predicting CF from MADF calculated from diets and digesta data together was CF = 0·503+0·848 (+0030) MADF and the residual variation found was sufficiently small to provide useful estimates.

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Animal Production , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , December 1973 , pp. 275 - 280
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1973

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