Dioxane treatment to improve microbial digestibility of cellulosic fibers.
The hemicelluloses of grass seed straws can be extracted rather completely by acid detergent, but the treated residue (acid-detergent fiber) is normally not digested by rumen microorganisms. This residue can be made digestible if it is treated with acidic dioxane.
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001965:Bromides; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010944:Plants; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*
D001965:Bromides; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D004146:Dioxanes; D004147:Dioxins; D002482:Cellulose