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Technical Note: Assessment of Recovery Site of Mobile Nylon Bags for Measuring Ileal Digestibility of Starch in Dairy Cows

E. Norberg^*, H. Volden and O. M. Harstad^,1

^* Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Tjele, Denmark
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

¹ Corresponding author: odd.harstad{at}umb.no

The objective of this study was to evaluate recovery site of mobile nylon bags for measuring ileal digestibility of ruminally undegraded starch in dairy cows. Eight feed samples of untreated and treated concentrates were examined. Three lactating cows equipped with rumen fistula and duodenal and ileal cannulas were used in the experiment. The mobile nylon bags containing intact feeds or residues after a 12-h ruminal incubation were pretreated using a 2-step procedure to simulate abomasal digestion before insertion through the duodenal cannula. To assess the effect of hindgut fermentation on starch digestibility, approximately half of the bags were collected from the ileum and half from the feces. The results indicate that feed samples should be preincubated in rumen before insertion into duodenum, and that samples with relatively high fractions of rumen-undigestible starch should be collected from the ileum instead of from feces.

Key Words: dairy cow • starch • intestinal digestibility • mobile nylon bag technique

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