1993
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(93)90144-7
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Statistical review of digestion in goats compared with other ruminants

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“…Under control feeding on high roughage diets, due to higher number of holotrichous and spirotrichous protozoa in the rumen medium, dry-matter intake is lower while fibre digestibility is higher in kids compared to lambs, (Santra et al, 1998). Tolkamp and Brouwer (1993) and TVFA as energy (Van Soest, 1982). Nitrogen of bacterial cell walls produced in the rumen is expressed as a fraction of N intake because it represents an alternative metabolic fate for N other than growth and excretion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Under control feeding on high roughage diets, due to higher number of holotrichous and spirotrichous protozoa in the rumen medium, dry-matter intake is lower while fibre digestibility is higher in kids compared to lambs, (Santra et al, 1998). Tolkamp and Brouwer (1993) and TVFA as energy (Van Soest, 1982). Nitrogen of bacterial cell walls produced in the rumen is expressed as a fraction of N intake because it represents an alternative metabolic fate for N other than growth and excretion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In that regard, intrinsic and combined characteristics of the specific nature of each inoculum are implicated and would therefore limit the effect of modifications in microbial activity on the substrate degradation rates. Tolkamp and Brouwer (1993) in a review of digestion in goats compared with other ruminants, found no differences in apparent OM digestibility between species on poor quality diets, but a slightly higher OM digestibility in goats on medium quality diets. This seemed to conflict with the view that digestive capacity in ruminants is positively related to animal size (Udé n and Van Soest, 1982;Illius and Gordon, 1991) as well as with the frequently published opinion especially on poor quality feeds, goats are superior digesters compared with other ruminants (Devendra and Burns, 1983;Trung and Devendra, 1987;Morand-Fehr, 1989;Tisserand et al, 1991).…”
Section: The Difference Between Cattle and Goat Inoculummentioning
confidence: 95%
“…In a study of four browse species using cattle, sheep and goats, Smith and colleagues (1994) have found highly significant browse x animal species interaction for the rate and extent of degradation of the slowly degradable dry matter fraction in browse. Since there is no difference in the capacity of sheep and goats to digest most conventional diets (grasses, crop residues, concentrates), except when dietary protein levels are very low (Tolkamp and Brouwer, 1993), this suggests specific adaptation by different animal species to browse species. Care must therefore be taken in extrapolating nutritive values for browse species from one animal species to another.…”
Section: Feed Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%