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The effect of lime pre-treatments of date palm leaves on delignification and in vitro rumen degradability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

M. GHORBANI
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
F. AHMADI*
Affiliation:
Division of Food Biosciences, College of Medical Life Sciences, Konkuk University, Chung-Ju, Chung-Buk 380–701, South Korea
A. RAJAEE RAD
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156–83111, Iran
M. J. ZAMIRI
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, 71441–65186, Shiraz, Iran
J. W. CONE
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, De Elst 1, 6708 WD Wageningen, The Netherlands
I. POLIKARPOV
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP, 13560–970, Brazil
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]

Summary

Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of lime pre-treatment on the chemical composition and in vitro rumen degradability of date palm leaves (DPL). Lime pre-treatments, with or without oxygen supply, were applied for 1, 2 and 3 weeks at 25 and 40 °C. Lime was neutralized by the Calcium-Capturing-by-Carbonation process. Delignification and in vitro rumen gas production were significantly influenced by duration, temperature and oxygen. At 40 °C, oxygen presence stimulated more delignification and subsequently increased in vitro rumen degradability. Lime pre-treatment with 0·2 g calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)/g dry biomass for 3 weeks at 40 °C in the presence of oxygen resulted in a 3-fold increase in gas production after 24 h of incubation, compared with untreated biomass. Lime treatment of DPL with aeration resulted in higher lignin removal and subsequent rumen degradability than without aeration. A techno-economic analysis is needed to select the most efficient and economically feasible pre-treatment procedure.

Type
Animal Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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