title: Effect of hydrothermal treatment of rice straw on its composition and in sacco digestibility and in vitro fermentation by rumen microorganisms.
abstract: Chemical composition, in sacco rumen disappearance of various cell wall constituents (CWC) and in vitro fermentation pattern of hydrothermally treated (1 to 14 kp/cm2 pressure for 5 min) rice straw was examined. At 10 kp/cm2 pressure treatment (maximum effect) the contents of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), hemicellulose (HC) and cellulose (CE) were decreased by 32.5, 35.3, 27.8, 10.2, 61.2 and 25.1%, respectively (P < 0.05), over the untreated control. The in sacco rumen disappearance of DM, OM, HC and CE from rice straw treated at 8 kp/cm2 pressure (maximum effect) and incubated for 48 h was increased from 53.2 to 77.7, 52.4 to 80.3, 49.5 to 82.0 and 49.2 to 79.3%, respectively (P < 0.01). In vitro production of total volatile fatty acids and the content of TCA-insoluble protein was also significantly higher (P < 0.05) on treated compared with untreated straw.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adya
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sareen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D004063:Digestion / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005285:Fermentation / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D012275:Oryza; D012417:Rumen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology