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Study of steam pressure and reaction time effect on chemical composition and degradability of palm date leaves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Naser Karimi*
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Varamin Branch, P.O. Box:33817, Varamin, Iran, Varamin, Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
Ali Nikkhah
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Varamin Branch, P.O. Box:33817, Varamin, Iran, Varamin, Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mojtaba Zahedifar
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Varamin Branch, P.O. Box:33817, Varamin, Iran, Varamin, Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
Hasan Fazaeli
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Varamin Branch, P.O. Box:33817, Varamin, Iran, Varamin, Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mohammad Chamani
Affiliation:
Islamic Azad University-Varamin Branch, P.O. Box:33817, Varamin, Iran, Varamin, Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Palm date leaves is an agricultural by product with high levels of lignocellulosic materials that limite its bioavailability for microbial and gastrointestinal tract enzymes. It contains more than 40 percent cellulose and 20 percent hemicellulose. The nature of steam treatment was acid hydrolysis which effectively affected cell wall fractions (Castro et al, 1993). Production of palm date leaves in Iran is more than 500,000 ton annually. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of steam pressure and reaction time on chemical composition and bioavailability of palm date leaves to rumen microbes.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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