Ground and Whole Grain Corn: Effect on Ruminal Ph in Goats Diets

R. Arias, Cordiviola C.a, Muro M.g, Trigo M.s, Cattaneo A.c, Calonge F.s and Antonini A

International Journal of Sciences, 2015, vol. 4, issue 03, 11-15

Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of whole and ground corn grain in ruminal pH and total dry matter intake in diets for goats. Eight crossbreed goats (Creole x Nubian) was fitted with a rumen cannula and assigned in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square experimental design. Two experiments were conducted; in the first test we used whole grain corn and second, ground corn grain. Ruminal pH data was measured for each goat as average pH, area between the curve and a horizontal line at pH 6, and duration less than pH 6. In the first experiment, there were not differences (p> 0.05) on area between the curve and a horizontal line at pH 6, average pH and duration less than pH 6 among diets. A tendency was observed (p= 0.08) to decrease in DMI and the F/C decreased linearly (p

Keywords: whole corn; ground corn; ruminal pH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.637

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