POTENTIAL OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF INGREDIENTS USED IN DIETS FOR SHEEP

Authors

  • Eliane da Silva Morgado Unesp - Jaboticabal, SP
  • Jane Maria Bertocco Ezequiel Unesp- Jaboticabal, SP
  • Antônio Carlos Homen Júnior Unesp- Jaboticabal, SP
  • Leandro Galzerano Unesp - Jaboticabal, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v14i4.18096

Keywords:

Animal nutrition

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the potential of CH4 and CO2 in vitro production of soybean hulls, sunflower meal, corn, citrus pulp and corn silage. Four rumen-cannulated sheep were fed diets containing the evaluated ingredients at 40:60 forage:concentrate ratio. The gases produced by samples incubation were measured by injection into a gas chromatograph equipped with flame ionization detector. The experimental design was completely randomized with repeated measures, with three replicates for each evaluated food at four different periods. Under the experimental conditions, we verified different potential gas production among the ingredients. The citrus pulp meal was the ingredient with the greatest potential for CO2production. Corn silage and soybean hulls showed the greatest potential while citrus pulp and sunflower meal showed the least potential for CH4 production, when expressed in mL/g of degraded dry matter; therefore, they can be considered, among the evaluated ingredients, those with the lowest environmental impact.

KEYWORDS: CH4; CO2; degradation; feed; ruminant.

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Author Biographies

Eliane da Silva Morgado, Unesp - Jaboticabal, SP

Dra. em Zootecnia pela Unesp de Jaboticabal. Pós-doutoranda em Zootecnia bolsista da FAPESP.

Departamento de Zootecnia

Área: Nutrição Animal, Forragicultura.

Jane Maria Bertocco Ezequiel, Unesp- Jaboticabal, SP

Profa. do Depto. de Zootecnia

Área: Nutrição Animal

Antônio Carlos Homen Júnior, Unesp- Jaboticabal, SP

Doutorando em Zootecnia

Departamento de Zootecnia

Área: Nutrição Animal

Leandro Galzerano, Unesp - Jaboticabal, SP

Dr. em Zootecnia. Bolsista Recém-doutor.

Departamento de Zootecnia

Área: Produção Animal e Forragicultura

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Published

2013-12-16

How to Cite

MORGADO, E. da S.; EZEQUIEL, J. M. B.; HOMEN JÚNIOR, A. C.; GALZERANO, L. POTENTIAL OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF INGREDIENTS USED IN DIETS FOR SHEEP. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 4, p. 413–417, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v14i4.18096. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/18096. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Animal Production

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