Comparison of organic matter digestibility determined by in vivo and in vitro methods

J. Forejtová, F. Lád, J. Třináctý, M. Richter, L. Gruber, P. Doležal, P. Homolka and L. Pavelek
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J. Forejtová: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
F. Lád: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
J. Třináctý: Research Institute for Cattle Breeding, Ltd. Rapotín, Department Pohořelice, Czech Republic
M. Richter: Research Institute for Cattle Breeding, Ltd. Rapotín, Department Pohořelice, Czech Republic
L. Gruber: Federal Research Institute for Agriculture in Alpine Regions, BAL Gumpenstein, Austria
P. Doležal: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic
P. Homolka: Research Institute of Animal Production, Prague-Uhříněves, Czech Republic
L. Pavelek: Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Opava, Czech Republic

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2005, vol. 50, issue 2, 47-53

Abstract: A total of 36 samples of feed - 19 samples of hays and 17 samples of silages were used for estimation of in vivo and in vitro digestibility. The organic matter digestibility (OMD) was estimated by in vivo and two in vitro techniques (method of Tilley and Terry and two-stage pepsin-cellulase method (Pepcel)). The regression equations were calculated from the results obtained in the experiment. Tilley and Terry method provided consistent results of OMD estimation for both the groups of roughages: in vivo OMD = 14.7 + 0.782 × [Tilley and Terry] (n = 18; R2 = 0.76); in vivo OMD = 36.3 + 0.513 × [Tilley and Terry] (n = 16; R2 = 0.75) for hays and silages, respectively. Different accuracy was found out in Pepcel method: in vivo OMD = 37.0 + 0.478 × [Pepcel] (n = 19; R2 = 0.49); in vivo OMD = 37.8 + 0.484 × [Pepcel] (n = 17; R2 = 0.87) for hays and silages, respectively.

Keywords: organic matter; digestibility; in vitro; in vivo; Tilley and Terry; pepsin-cellulase (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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