NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, IN VITRO DEGRADATION AND POTENTIAL FERMENTATION OF TREE SPECIES GRAZED BY RUMINANTS IN SECONDARY VEGETATION (A CAHUAL) O F DECIDUOUS FOREST - S. Albores-Moreno; J. A. Alayón-Gamboa; L. A. Miranda-Romero; G. Jiménez-Ferrer; J. C. Ku-Vera; L. Vargas- Villamil (Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2018)
Study conducted to know the nutritional composition, in vitro degradation and the potential fermentation of tree leaves species grazed by ruminants in secondary vegetation of a deciduous forest. Tree leaves were selected from 18 tree species that were subjected to in vitro fermentation. Fermentation variables were analyzed with a designed block repeated over time. The content of CP, NDF and ADF fluctuated among species, from 109 to 262, 391 to 641 and 322 to -1 579 g kg of DM, respectively. The concentrations of condensed tannins (CT) presented a wide variation among species -1 and ranged from 1.73 to 233.45 g kg DM. The significant differences ( P <0.05) observed among species in fermentation and digestibility. G. floribundum, M. lindeniana, V. gaumeri, H. barvensis, T. amygdalifolia and C. -1 -1 gaumeri had the highest gas volume (155 to 293.88 mL g ), total fermentation (379.45 to 677.39 mg g ), fermentation -1 -1 rate (0.031 to 0.038 h ), and soluble fraction (178.3 to 265 g kg of DM ). In addition, they had highest values of the -1 -1 rapid fermentation fractions (123.58 a 214.88 mg g ), medium fermentation (37.07 to 217.87 mg g ), and slow -1 fermentation fractions (162.33 to 244.64 mg g ), and the highest IVDMD values ( 39.71 to 54.93%) and IVOMD (4 7.96 to 66.50%). The species H. albicans, P. piscipula, B. divaricata, L. rugosus, N. emarginata and M. bahamensis had the -1 lowest potential fermented gas emission index ( 181.13, 181.19, 200.59, 206.36 and 217.24 mL g MOD). It is concluded that the species G. floribundum, M. lindeniana, V. gaumeri, H. barvensis, T. amygdalifolia and C. gaumeri present in the secondary vegetation of the forest have a good potential in the feeding of ruminants due to their highest fermentability in the rumen. a high diversity of plant species that is used in multiple
Keywords: journal article; IVOMD; fermentation kinetics; tree leaves; secondary metabolites