Comparison of In-vitro Digestibility of Commonly used Forage and Concentrates in Dairy Buffalo, Cow, and Sheep by using Daisy Incubator

Abstract

This study was evaluated using the new in vitro system, DAISY Incubator, in-vitro true dry matter (DM) digestibility of 8 different feedstuffs in Buffalo, cow, and sheep. Eight different feeds were tested and grouped into roughage and concentrate. The experiment was replicated on three different timelines for all feeds and the three inoculum sources. The incubation time for the digestibility was 48 hours for each species inoculum. In the study, rumen fluids from different animals did not have a significant effect on the in vitro dry matter (DM) digestibility of different feedstuffs during the 48-hour incubation period (p> 0.05). The pellet wheat bran showed the lowest mean value in sheep among all the species' feedstuffs. It was concluded that the DAISY incubator method could be used to predict the true digestibility in different species of animals.