Effect of Supplemented Spent Mushroom Substrate (Pleurotus ostreatus) on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Nitrogen Balance, and Blood Metabolites of Goats [PDF]
Animal Science Journal, Volume 97, Issue 1, January/December 2026.ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effects of Pleurotus ostreatus spent mushroom substrate (SMS), supplemented with 4% urea and 18% molasses, as a partial replacement for Napier grass. Four dietary treatments were formulated with 70% roughage (Napier grass) and 30% concentrate, replacing Napier grass with SMS at 0%, 20%, 35%, or 50% inclusion levels.
Jane Camille A. Crisostomo +7 more
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Heliyon, 2021 Undigested forage neutral detergent fiber (uNDF) from long-term ruminal in situ incubations are used to estimate indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF).
G.J. Zhang +5 more
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Estimating fecal output and nutrient digestibility using acid detergent insoluble ash as an intrinsic marker in lactating dairy cows: technical note [PDF]
Animal BioscienceThe current study was part of large experiments in a replicated 4×4 Latin square design where 4 dietary treatments (feed supplements) were examined. Fecal samples were obtained from the experiments via total collection (Experiment 1, n = 30; Experiment 2,
Jungeun Kim +3 more
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Effect of Diet Neutral Detergent Fibre Content on Dry Matter Intake, Nutrient Digestibility, Growth Efficiency and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing South African Mutton Merino Wether Lambs [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2026.Feeding South African Mutton Merino lambs low‐NDF lucerne hay diets improved nutrient digestibility, energy utilisation, growth efficiency, and carcass quality. Despite lower intake at the lowest NDF level, fibre digestibility and feed conversion improved, indicating that highly digestible, low‐NDF finishing diets enhance lamb growth and carcass traits.
Inalene De Klerk +4 more
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Nutrient Balancing by a Wild Browsing Herbivore: Nutritional Geometry of Snowshoe Hares (Lepus americanus) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.Here, we use nutritional geometry and classical feeding trial methods to evaluate how snowshoe hares balance energy and protein. Our results suggest that snowshoe hares choose to consume food items on the basis of the interaction between energy and protein, and these choices influence weight change.
Juliana Balluffi‐Fry +5 more
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Fruit and Vegetable Processing Waste as Potential Raw Material for Food Enrichment With Dietary Fiber [PDF]
Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2025.Currently, there is a growing interest in dietary fiber (DF) due to its health‐promoting properties, especially in relation to the impact on the gastrointestinal tract. For this reason, both raw materials and products with the highest DF content are sought. Fruit and vegetable pomace seem to be both a waste raw material with such characteristics.
Agnieszka Nawirska‐Olszańska +1 more
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Effects of nitrogen fertilization on protein and carbohydrate fractions of Marandu palisadegrass
Scientific Reports, 2021 The effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization levels on protein and carbohydrate fractions in Marandu palisadegrass pasture [Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R.D. Webster] were investigated in a pasture over five years.
Rhaony Gonçalves Leite +7 more
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Animals, 2023 The objective of this study was to determine the effects of licury cake (LC) inclusion in the diets of lactating goats on productive and metabolic performance. Twelve lactating goats, eight Saanen and four Anglo-Nubian, were distributed in a triplicate 4
Fernanda G. Ferreira +10 more
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Assessment of indicators and collection methodology to estimate nutrient digestibility in buffaloes
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011 Dry fecal matter production was estimated from neutral detergent indicators on indigestible fiber, indigestible acid detergent fiber, indigestible dry matter, incubated for 144 hours and 288 hours, as well as chromium oxide (Cr2O3) and enriched and ...
Luciana Felizardo Pereira Soares +5 more
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Indigestible neutral detergent fiber evaluation with incubation in different species
, 2022 We aimed to evaluate indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF) feed concentration after cattle, goat, and sheep ruminal incubation, compare results with different estimate methods and connect with chemical analysis data. Four forages (corn silage, sugarcane, Brachiaria decumbens cv. Marandu, and Panicum maximum cv. Tanzânia), two concentrates (ground
Bettero, V. P. +7 more
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