Growth Nutritive Value of Saffron Residues Harvested at Different Stages by in situ and in vitro (Gas Production) Methods

Document Type : Ruminant Nutrition

Authors

Vahid Kardan Moghadam ¹

Mohammad Hassan Fathi Nasri ¹

Reza Valizadeh ²

Seyyed Homayoun Farhangfar ¹

¹ Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

² Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

10.22067/ijasr.v6i1.37615

Abstract

The chemical composition, ruminal degradability parameters, ruminal and post ruminal digestibility of saffron residues were determined using in situ and in vitro (gas production) methods. The harvested residues at late vegetative phase were compared with the residues harvested at the early dormant phase. The results showed that NDF and ADF concentration of harvested residues at early dormant phase were higher where as it content of CP was significantly (P

Keywords

Degradability parameters

Gas production

Saffron residues

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