Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) and Non Structural Carbohydrate (NSC) requirements in the nutrition of dairy ewes
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">The aim of this review was to contribute to the knowledge of neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and non structural carbo-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style=&qu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/311 |
| Summary: | <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">The aim of this review was to contribute to the knowledge of neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and non structural carbo-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">hydrate (NSC) requirements in the nutrition of dairy ewes. NDF and NSC requirements were evaluated by analysing a<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">dataset that involved 30 experimental trials carried out from 1985 to 2003. The dataset included chemical composition<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">of the experimental diets, individual milk yield, body weight, milk protein and fat content. These selected papers regard<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">10 different dairy ewe breeds (Valle del Belice, Bergamasca, Comisana, Delle Langhe, Massese, Sarda, Chios,<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">Manchega, Lacaune and Friesian) and lactating ewes in mid lactation, kept under non homogeneous environmental and<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">feeding conditions. Results substantially confirmed that which was recently reported in literature: NDF requirements are<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">higher in late lactation than during early lactation and they vary between 33-38% on DM, while NSC requirements are<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Verdana;">higher during early lactation than in late lactation when the energy from NSC promotes an increase in fat deposits.<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div> |
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| ISSN: | 1594-4077 1828-051X |