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| Author(s): |
Sarita Priscila Gobbo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/STB) |
| Defense date: | 2001-11-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Adibe Luiz Abdalla;
Mauro Sartori Bueno;
Norberto Antonio Lavorenti
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| Advisor: | Adibe Luiz Abdalla |
| Abstract | |
This study was developed to test the adaptations in in vitro methodologies of gas production (different proportion of solid phase in the inoculum) and 32P incorporation technique (centrifugation speed, number of washings and different kinds of inoculum) to adequate them to the climate condition and to the microbiota specifications of the ruminants kept in the Brazilian tropical climate. Besides these techniques, bromatological analysis determinations were made with further total digestible nutrients and also, in situ rumen degradability and in vitro digestibility from the two-stage technique. The tested substrata were divided in fibrous (Panicum grass and Lucerne hay), concentrated (soybean meal and corn grain) and fermented (corn silage). The experimental design was completely randomized, where all the substrata were evaluated for each of the variables with at least three repetitions. Each variable was compared for analysis of variance considering the hypothesis, within substrata. The correlations between methodologies were tested when biologically significant and compatible. The 32P in vitro incorporation technique obtained satisfactory results (P<0,05) in relation to the centrifugation speed and the number of washings. The two different kinds of tested inocula (100% rumen liquid phase, and 50% both liquid and solid phase) showed no significant difference (P>0,05). The different inoculum proportion tested for in vitro gas production (inoculum A containing 100% liquid phase and 0% solid phase; inoculum B, 75% liquid phase and 25% solid phase; inoculum C, 67% liquid phase and 33% solid phase; and inoculum D, 50% both liquid and solid phases) showed significant difference; the analyzed factors allowed the interpretation that using the inoculum with higher solid phase percentage, the fermentation process was more similar to the gas production potential. In the in vitro 32P incorporation technique it is suggested to use a centrifugation speed of 39,907g, 4 washings and an inoculum with only liquid phase from the rumen. It is suggested that for the in vitro gas production technique can be used an inoculum containing 50% of solid phase and 50% of liquid phase. (AU) | |