Increasing doses of chitosan to grazing beef steers: Nutrient intake and digestibility, ruminal fermentation, and nitrogen utilization
Increasing doses of chitosan to grazing beef steers: Nutrient intake and digestibility, ruminal fermentation, and nitrogen utilization
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DOI:
10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.01.015
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发表时间:
2017-03-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Vaz, M. S. M.
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作者:
Dias, A. O. C.;Goes, R. H. T. B.;Vaz, M. S. M.
Chitosan (CHI) is a derivative of the biopolymer chitin, found in high amounts in the shell wastes of crustaceans, and has antimicrobial properties. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of increasing doses of CHI for grazing cattle on nutrient intake and total apparent digestibility, ruminal fermentation parameters, microbial protein synthesis, nitrogen utilization, and urea and creatinine metabolism. Five rumen cannulated crossbred steers [3.6 mo and 300 1 25 kg live weight (LW), mean SD] were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square experiment design with 21-d periods, in which the last 7 days were used for data collection. Steers were randomly designated to one treatment sequence containing chitosan (>= 850 g/kg deacetylation degree, 0.32 g/mL density, pH 7.90, and viscosity