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| Author(s): |
Carolina Barbosa Bacha
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Pirassununga. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2006-08-11 |
| Examining board members: |
Romualdo Shigueo Fukushima;
Paulo Roberto Leme;
Francisco Palma Rennó
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| Advisor: | Romualdo Shigueo Fukushima |
| Abstract | |
Lignin was quantified in five forage samples, in the fractions stem and leaf, at four maturity stages, through three analytical methods: acid detergent lignin (ADL), permanganate lignin (PerL) and Klason lignin (KL), all gravimetric procedures. The three techniques yielded different values for the same samples; in general, the KL method showed higher lignin concentrations than the two other methods, being the ADL which showed the lowest data. Stem fraction exhibited higher levels of lignin than leaf tissue; mature forages had higher concentrations of lignin than younger plants. For almost all the samples, lignin concentration was negatively correlated with the in vitro dry matter digestibility. The method ADL estimated reasonably well the digestibility of grasses, followed by PerL. The KL method was not a good predictor of digestibility of grasses. It was concluded that none of the three methods was totally satisfactory, suggesting that the analytical determination of lignin should be more deeply studied. This work also quantified the carbohydrate fractions through the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS). The utilization of crude cell wall instead of neutral detergent fiber in the CNCPS equations showed no differences in the estimates of all carbohydrate fractions. Because it was made a comparison between CW and NDF, it was discovered that the equation for the fraction C could be simplified where lignin expressed as a ratio of NDF, could be described on dry matter basis and not on NDF basis as it is largely used nowadays. In another words, estimate of indigestible cell wall could be obtained independently of ash + protein-free NDF. Because estimates of B1 fraction (starch and pectin) by means of CNCPS equations were lower than wet chemistry determinations and based on the results obtained by the substitution of NDF for PC in the Cornell equations, we suggest that B2 fraction be allocated exclusively for pectin. And for the digestible cell wall carbohydrates a new fraction, B3, be named. Evidences collected in the present experiment suggest that in the Cornell equations pectin was never part of B1 fraction but present in the A fraction. Thus, from the content of fraction A, pectin must be subtracted. The fraction C would remain unaltered and the fraction B1 would be constituted only by starch (AU) | |