Guanidine acetic acid exhibited greater growth performance in younger (13–30 kg) than in older (30–50 kg) lambs under high-concentrate feedlotting pattern by Wen-Juan Li, Qi-Chao Wu, Zhao-Yang Cui, Yao-Wen Jiang, Ailiyasi Aisikaer, Fan Zhang, He-Wei Chen, Wei-Kang Wang, Yan-Lu Wang, Liang-Kang Lv, Feng-Liang Xiong, Ying-Yi Liu, Sheng-Li Li, Hong-Jian Yang

“…Both UCGA and CGAA addition increased dietary DM, organic matter (OM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) digestion in both stages. …”
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ADDING PROBIOTICS TO RATIONS OF FATTENED CROSSBRED FRIESIAN CALVES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CALVES’ PERFORMANCE by Waael El-Desokey, mohamed abdraboh, Hamdy Mossa, Hany Gado

“…Applying probiotic increasing significantly (P<0.05) digestibility of nutrient detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber by 42.853±7.092 and 54.010±3.774 in treated group compared with 25.180±7.902 and 37.679±3.774 respectively. …”
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Water restriction periods affect growth performance and nutritional status of Santa Inês sheep in the Brazilian Semi-arid by Larissa Lopes de Souza, Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo, Silvia Helena Nogueira Turco, Salete Alves de Moraes, Tadeu Vinhas Voltolini, Glayciane Costa Gois, Fleming Sena Campos, Madriano Christilis da Rocha Santos, Fernanda Maria dos Santos

“…The digestibility coefficients of dry matter, crude protein, and neutral detergent fiber showed a linear decrease with increasing periods of water restriction (P < 0.05). …”
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Corn silage, a systematic review of the quality and yield in different regions around the world by Isidro García-Chávez, Edgar Meraz-Romero, Octavio Castelán-Ortega, Joob Zaragoza-Esparza, Jorge Osorio-Avalos, Lizbeth Esmeralda Robles-Jiménez, Manuel González-Ronquillo

“…Studies were systematically searched to know the silage corn quality and yield from different countries concerning dry matter yield (t/ha), population density (plant density/ha), quantity of Dry Matter (DM), Crude Protein (CP), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), Non-Fibrous Carbohydrates (NFC), Organic Matter (OM), DM Digestibility (DMD), Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility (NDFD), and milk production  (kg) per hectare (kg milk/ha) using MILK2006®. …”
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Effects of dietary butyrate supplementation and oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration on serum inflammatory markers and productivity of dairy cows during the calv... by L.E. Engelking, D.J. Ambrose, M. Oba

“…The postpartum diets contained 22.1% starch and 34.1% neutral detergent fiber on a DM basis and were fed from calving to 24 d after calving. …”
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Determination of Silage Quality of Different Companion Crops with Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) by Mehmet CAN, İlknur AYAN, Erdem GÜLÜMSER, Zeki ACAR, Elif ÖZTÜRK

“…In the study, at the end of the 45th day, the dry matter ratio, pH, crude protein (CP) ratio, crude ash ratio, acid detergent insoluble fiber (ADF), neutral detergent insoluble fiber (NDF), lactic acid (LA), acetic acid, butyric acid, lactic acid/acetic acid ratio, and potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper and molybdenum contents were determined and the Flieg score (FS) was calculated. …”
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Effect of dietary inclusions of types of Acacia mearnsii on enteric methane and other gases production in dairy cows by Lindokuhle Mhlongo, Piers Kenyon, Ignatius Nsahlai

“…The CH4expressed in intakes of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) (kg d-1) decreased at 25AMF (P < 0.0001). …”
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Isolation and characterization of a novel hydrolase-producing probiotic Bacillus licheniformis and its application in the fermentation of soybean meal by Nanshan Qi, Nanshan Qi, Xiaoshu Zhan, Xiaoshu Zhan, Joshua Milmine, Maureen Sahar, Kai-Hsiang Chang, Julang Li

“…After fermentation with B4 for 24 h, phytic acid in SBM was reduced by 73.3% (p &lt; 0.001), the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and the acid detergent fiber of the fermented SBM were significantly decreased by 38.40% (p &lt; 0.001) and 30.20% (p &lt; 0.05), compared to the unfermented SBM sample. …”
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Effects of Sodium Formate and Calcium Propionate Additives on the Fermentation Quality and Microbial Community of Wet Brewers Grains after Short-Term Storage by Jingyi Lv, Xinpeng Fang, Guanzhi Feng, Guangning Zhang, Chao Zhao, Yonggen Zhang, Yang Li

“…The addition of the two additives had little influence on the crude protein (CP) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents of the ensiled WBG. …”
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Changes in molecular structure of protein and carbohydrate in soybean products with different processing methods and their effects on nutrient degradation characteristics of the pr... by Kenan Tang, Meimei Zhang, Dasen Liu, Yanfang Li, Peng Zhang

“…Spectral intensity of CHO area was negatively associated with neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent fibre (ADF) degradability in the rumen. …”
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Decellularization of the mouse ovary: comparison of different scaffold generation protocols for future ovarian bioengineering by Ahmed Baker Alshaikh, Arvind Manikantan Padma, Matilda Dehlin, Randa Akouri, Min Jong Song, Mats Brännström, Mats Hellström

“…Sodium deoxycholate, a considerably milder detergent compared to sodium dodecyl sulfate, preserved the ovarian extracellular matrix better, evident by a more distinct staining for glycosaminoglycan, collagen and elastic fibres. …”
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Metabolic responses and performance of Holstein × Gyr heifers grazing Brachiaria decumbens supplemented with varied crude protein levels by Marcelo Messias Duarte Castro, Trevor James DeVries, Andreia Ferreira Machado, Marina Madureira Ferreira, Luciana Navajas Rennó, Marcos Inacio Marcondes

“…Feces and pasture samples were collected for 4 days in each season, using chromium oxide, titanium dioxide, and indigestible neutral detergent fiber (NDF) to estimate fecal excretion, supplement, and pasture intake, respectively. …”
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Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of corn stover during field exposure and the fermentation characteristics of silage prepared with microbial additives by Jun Lei Gao, Peng Wang, Chang Hai Zhou, Ping Li, Hong Yu Tang, Jia Bao Zhang, Yimin Cai

“…Results After harvest, corn stover contained 78.19% moisture, 9.01% crude protein (CP) and 64.54% neutral detergent fiber (NDF) on a dry matter (DM) basis. During field exposure, the DM, NDF, and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents of corn stover increased, whereas the CP and water-soluble carbohydrate contents and in vitro digestibility of the DM and CP decreased (p<0.05). …”
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Evaluating the inclusion of alfalfa hay in diets fed to multigravid Holstein cows in their transition to early lactation by Ahmerah U. Thompson, Gonzalo Ferreira

“…Grass hay contained 75 g/kg crude protein, 749 g/kg neutral detergent fiber, 3.6 g/kg Ca, 0.9 g/kg Na, 18.8 g/kg K, 3.8 g/kg Cl, 1.5 g/kg S, and a cation-anion difference equal to 290 mEq/kg of DM. …”
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Effects of different nitrogen doses and cultivars on fermentation quality and nutritive value of Italian ryegrass ( Lam.) silages by Ibrahim Ertekin, Ibrahim Atis, Yusuf Ziya Aygun, Saban Yilmaz, Mustafa Kizilsimsek

“…Results Effects of N doses on dry matter, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, dry matter digestibility, relative feed value, crude protein, pH, ammonia nitrogen, lactic acid, acetic acid, and lactic acid/acetic acid were statistically significant while water soluble carbohydrate, ash and organic matter were not statistically different. …”
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La composition chimique des espèces pastorales broutées par les caprins au niveau d’un parcours forestier du Parc Naturel de Bouhachem by Youssef Chebli, Hamza Boulaich, Mouad Chentouf, Samira El Otmani

“…Calicotome villosa et les herbacées sont caractérisées par des teneurs faibles en TC et plus ou moins stables durant toute l’année. Pour les fibres au détergent neutre (NDF) et au détergent acide (ADF), de faibles teneurs ont été enregistrées durant le printemps avec une moyenne de 425 g/kg MS, à l’exception de Quercus suber, Myrtus communis et Lavandula stoechas qui ont les taux les plus élevés durant cette saison. …”
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Effect of processed sweet lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) grain supplementation on growth performance and socioeconomic feasibility of Doyogena sheep in Ethiopia by Habite Tilaye, Bimrew Asmare, Fentahun Meheret, Melkamu Bezabih, Wamatu Jane

“…Results There was improvements in total dry matter intake and digestibility coefficients of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre in sheep supplemented with processed sweet lupin grains compared (T4) by 58.49%, 24.66%, 39.39%, 22.97% and 39.68%, respectively, over the control group. …”
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Silage additives improve fermentation quality, aerobic stability and rumen degradation in mixed silage composed of amaranth and corn straw by Jian Ma, Xue Fan, Xue Fan, Zhuang Ma, Xiuwen Huang, Minghuan Tang, Fuquan Yin, Zhihui Zhao, Shangquan Gan

“…Nylon bag technique was used to study rumen degradation characteristic of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) of mixed silage. …”
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The Effect of Ensiling on the Nutritional Composition and Fermentation Characteristics of Brown Seaweeds as a Ruminant Feed Ingredient by Mairead Campbell, Jordi Ortuño, Lauren Ford, David R. Davies, Anastasios Koidis, Pamela J. Walsh, Katerina Theodoridou

“…The results showed no losses in the nutrient content of FV after ensiling, however losses in the Crude Protein (CP, −32%), ash (−36%), Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF, −77%) and Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF, −58%) content of SL were observed. …”
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Dietary inclusion of fermented ginger straw effect on the growth performance, gastrointestinal tract development and caecal fermentation of fattening rabbits by Hai Tao Sun, Yong Wang, Li Ya Bai, Ce Liu, Yun Hua Xu, Shu Xia Gao, Wen Xue Jiang, Li Ping Yang, Gong Yan Liu

“…However, the average daily feed intake in the 15% group was higher than in the other groups, while the total tract apparent digestibility of crude protein, ether extract, neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre were lower than in the control group (P<0.05), and the relative weights of the stomach, small intestine and caecum content in the 15% substitution group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). …”
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