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Predicting the voluntary intake of barley straw with near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

A V Goodchild ,
F Jaby El-Haramein  and
T T Treacher
A V Goodchild
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
F Jaby El-Haramein
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
T T Treacher
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
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In developing countries, straws, stovers and stubbles provide a large proportion of the nutrient intake of ruminants. Cereal breeders working for these countries need a rapid test to predict the nutritional value of straw. An important component of nutritional value of straw is voluntary intake (Goodchild et al. 1992). Voluntary intake (DMT) is usually measured in samples of straw weighing 100 kg or more: in contrast, only a few plants weighing tens of grams are available for each genotype in the early stages of breeding. Indirect methods of estimating voluntary intake, like in vitro gas production, are available but relatively costly. For these reasons, and because selecting for grain yield and stem stiffness has been a priority in developed countries, breeders have tended to ignore straw quality.

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Ruminant Nutrition and Digestion
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 111
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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