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Statistical research on the digestibility in the cow: III. Carbohydrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Paquay ,
R. De Baere  and
A. Lousse
R. Paquay
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cureghem, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
R. De Baere
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cureghem, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
A. Lousse
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cureghem, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Summary

The results obtained for the digestibility of the carbohydrates with 116 different rations fed to 242 non-pregnant dry cows and 96 lactating cows were studied.

Except for some roughages, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, and starch digestibility is always very high. Reducing-sugars digestibility is related to starch content and starch digestibility to crude-fibre content.

Pentosans and crude-fibre digestibility is related to dry-matter intake and to starch, pentosans and crude-fibre content. When the ration contains less than 12% protein, a significant correlation coefficient also exists between crude-fibre digestibility and protein content. But pentosans and crude-fibre digestibility depends above all on the nature of the feeds and on the stage of maturity of the forage.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , August 1972 , pp. 13 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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