A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats
This work was conducted to evaluate the effect of tannins, contained in a by-product derived from olive oil extraction (two-stage olive cake), on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) losses and liver and kidney functions in goats and wethers. Six Segureña wethers and six Granadina goats were fed thr...
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| description | This work was conducted to evaluate the effect of tannins, contained in a by-product derived from olive oil extraction (two-stage olive cake), on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) losses and liver and kidney functions in goats and wethers. Six Segureña wethers and six Granadina goats were fed three experimental diets: alfalfa hay (AH); alfalfa hay and a concentrate (formulated with two-stage olive cake, barley and a mineral-vitamin mixture) without (AHCO) or with polyethylene glycol (PEG) addition (AHCOP). The inclusion of two-stage olive cake increased condensed tannins content of the diet and led to a decrease ( P < 0.001) in dry matter, organic matter, neutral-detergent fibre, acid-detergent fibre and crude protein (CP) digestibility. PEG supply increased ( P < 0.001) CP digestibility and N losses in urine and faeces only in wethers. Concentrations of creatinine and alkaline phosphatase activity, measured in the serum of animals, were not modified either by olive cake inclusion or by PEG supply. Results from this work indicate a higher sensitivity of sheep to diets containing condensed tannins, compared with goats, and reveal no toxic effect of tannins from two-stage olive cake at the concentration used in the experimental diets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b18d8b18b0a43e0b8e36bc577edaaeb2022-12-21T18:58:29ZengElsevierAnimal1751-73112007-01-0112227232A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goatsD.R. Yáñez-Ruiz0E. Molina-Alcaide1Institute of Rural Sciences, University of Wales, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3AL, UKUnidad de Nutrición Animal, Estación Experimental del Zaidin (CSIC), Camino del Jueves s/n, 18100 Armilla, Granada, SpainThis work was conducted to evaluate the effect of tannins, contained in a by-product derived from olive oil extraction (two-stage olive cake), on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) losses and liver and kidney functions in goats and wethers. Six Segureña wethers and six Granadina goats were fed three experimental diets: alfalfa hay (AH); alfalfa hay and a concentrate (formulated with two-stage olive cake, barley and a mineral-vitamin mixture) without (AHCO) or with polyethylene glycol (PEG) addition (AHCOP). The inclusion of two-stage olive cake increased condensed tannins content of the diet and led to a decrease ( P < 0.001) in dry matter, organic matter, neutral-detergent fibre, acid-detergent fibre and crude protein (CP) digestibility. PEG supply increased ( P < 0.001) CP digestibility and N losses in urine and faeces only in wethers. Concentrations of creatinine and alkaline phosphatase activity, measured in the serum of animals, were not modified either by olive cake inclusion or by PEG supply. Results from this work indicate a higher sensitivity of sheep to diets containing condensed tannins, compared with goats, and reveal no toxic effect of tannins from two-stage olive cake at the concentration used in the experimental diets.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107340032goatsolive cakepolyethylene glycolsheeptannins |
| spellingShingle | D.R. Yáñez-Ruiz E. Molina-Alcaide A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats Animal goats olive cake polyethylene glycol sheep tannins |
| title | A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| title_full | A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| title_short | A comparative study of the effect of two-stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| title_sort | comparative study of the effect of two stage olive cake added to alfalfa on digestion and nitrogen losses in sheep and goats |
| topic | goats olive cake polyethylene glycol sheep tannins |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107340032 |
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