Abstract
In tropical areas reliable estimation of feedstuff nutritional value often proves difficult. Recording in vitro gas production from feedstuffs, using caecal digesta as a gut microbial source, is a promising new method for analysing digestion kinetics in equids. However, this demands caecal fistulation. Substituting caecal fluid with faeces provides a potential non-invasive alternative.Naked Oats (NO) and four forages (Grass Pellets (GP), Alfalfa Hay (AH), Oat Straw (OS) and Millet Stover (MS)), of known in-vivo digestibility, were incubated in vitro with either a faecal or a caecal digesta inoculum.
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