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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 80 No. 7 1426-1437
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Effects of Feeding Nonforage Fiber Sources on Site of Fiber Digestion

Jeffrey L. Firkins 1

1 Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210

Although many nonforage fiber sources have high extents of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestion, most have rates of digestion similar to or slower than the rates of forage NDF digestion. Rates of NDF digestion vary considerably among and within sources of by-products. Digestion kinetics also vary because of the technique used (in vitro versus in situ) and because of high amounts of dietary concentrate. Based on available data for passage rate and specific gravity measurements, rates of passage of nonforage fiber sources from the rumen of high producing cows appear to be faster than those of forages. Therefore, the potential to shift NDF digestion to the hindgut has been discussed. To account for variability in ruminal and total tract digestibility of NDF, multiple regression analysis was used to indicate that nonforage NDF percentage in the diet had about two-thirds the positive response on total tract NDF digestion that forage NDF percentage did. Although the loss of potentially digestible NDF may occur, DMI does not appear to decrease much until forage NDF is below 14 to 16% of dietary DM. Conversely, replacement of starch with nonforage NDF appears to increase digestibility of fiber, mostly in diets with high concentrations of nonfiber carbohydrates, apparently because of reduced negative associative effects. Increasing the concentration of total NDF above 35% also can decrease DMI with little improvement in NDF digestibility. Increased knowledge of the kinetics of digestion and the passage of various nonforage fiber sources used to replace forage or concentrate should increase the accuracy and precision of dynamic models, thereby increasing the flexibility and utility of nonforage fiber sources in dairy rations.

Key Words: by-products • fiber digestion • passage rate • dairy cows

Submitted on June 26, 1995
Accepted on June 25, 1996




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