Effect of silage source, physically effective neutral detergent fiber, and undigested neutral detergent fiber concentrations on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing steers. [PDF]
Transl Anim Sci, 2021 This study was designed to evaluate the effect of silage source (barley vs. wheat silage) when harvested at two chop lengths (low vs. high physically effective neutral detergent fiber [peNDF]) and when barley silage was partially replaced with straw to ...
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Improvement of Ruminal Neutral Detergent Fiber Degradability by Obtaining and Using Exogenous Fibrolytic Enzymes from White-Rot Fungi. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) quantifies the primary cell wall contents in ruminant feedstuff, and its degradability is related to intake and the quality of milk and meat production in ruminants.
Carrillo-Díaz MI +7 more
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Comparison of Ruminal Degradability, Indigestible Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Total-Tract Digestibility of Three Main Crop Straws with Alfalfa Hay and Corn Silage. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary Corn straw (Zea mays, CS), rice straw (Oryza sativa, RS), and wheat straw (Triticum aestivum, WS) are the three main crop straws worldwide.
Wang E +10 more
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Ruminal degradation of dry matter and neutral detergent fiber of banana peel treated with limestone
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2016 This study aimed to evaluate the kinetics of dry matter degradation and neutral detergent fiber of banana peel treated with limestone. The banana peel has been acquired from a candy manufacturer that after washing with chlorinated water to 1% and pulp ...
Flávio Pinto Monção +7 more
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Changes in Rumen Bacterial Community Induced by the Dietary Physically Effective Neutral Detergent Fiber Levels in Goat Diets. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) is a concept that accounts for the particle length of NDF in a feed, sustaining the normal chewing behavior and rumen fermentation of ruminants.
Xue B +9 more
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The Effect of Increasing Neutral Detergent Fiber Level through Different Fiber Feed Ingredients throughout the Gestation of Sows. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary To reduce feed costs, the exploration of feed resources is currently the main research direction. In the past, fiber feed was generally regarded as anti-nutritional factors.
Shi B, He W, Su G, Xu X, Shan A.
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Effects of source and concentration of neutral detergent fiber from roughage in beef cattle diets on feed intake, ingestive behavior, and ruminal kinetics. [PDF]
J Anim Sci, 2020 The objectives of this research were to evaluate the effects of source and concentration of α-amylase-treated neutral detergent fiber (aNDF) from roughage on feed intake, ingestive behavior, and ruminal kinetics in beef cattle receiving high-concentrate ...
Goulart RS +8 more
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Neutral detergent fiber rather than other dietary fiber types as an independent variable increases the accuracy of prediction equation for digestible energy in feeds for growing pigs. [PDF]
Asian-Australas J Anim Sci, 2020 Objective The objectives were to investigate correlations between energy digestibility (digestible energy [DE]:gross energy [GE]) and various fiber types including crude fiber (CF), total dietary fiber (TDF), soluble dietary fiber (SDF), insoluble ...
Choi H, Sung JY, Kim BG.
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Milk production and composition responds to dietary neutral detergent fiber and starch ratio in dairy cows [PDF]
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho, 2015 This study was designed to investigate whether dietary neutral detergent fiber (NDF) : starch ratio could be considered as a nutritional indicator to evaluate carbohydrate composition and manipulate milk production and composition synthesis.
Meng Zhao +7 more
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Effects of dietary neutral detergent fiber and starch ratio on rumen epithelial cell morphological structure and gene expression in dairy cows [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2017 This study was designed to investigate the effect of dietary neutral detergent fiber to starch ratio on rumen epithelial morphological structure and gene expression.
Lei Ma +5 more
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