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A methodology for the rapid assessment of forage tree defaunating capacity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

C. A. Sandoval Castro ,
G. E. Monforte Briceño  and
C. M. Capetillo Leal
C. A. Sandoval Castro
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
G. E. Monforte Briceño
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
C. M. Capetillo Leal
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
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It is known that some forage trees have potential defaunating capacity, as rumen protozoa population is reduced when ruminant are feed with them (Odenyo et al., 1997ª,b). The effect has been attributed to saponins (Diaz et al., 1992) and tannins (Odenyo et al., 1997a,b). It is also known that PEG binds to tannins and has been used to reduce the deleterious effect found in animals feed tanniferous trees (Makkar et al., 1998). However, to our knowledge it has not been studied if using PEG to increase digestibility will, on the other hand, affect the defaunating capacity of the tree. The objective of the present study was to develop a simple technique to screen forage trees for defaunation capacity and to assess if PEG could be used to overcome this effect.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 219
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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