Forage palm round meal (Opuntia ficus) chemistry physical and biochemical characterization, fed to ruminants
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feed, characterization, antinutritional factors, vanillinAbstract
The aim of this research was to determine the characteristic chemistry physical and biochemistry characteristics of the forrage palm round (Opuntia ficus) meal, fed to ruminants. Forrage palm samples were collected, at field level, in Jequié city - BA. It was cut, dried and grounded for analysis. Forrage palm meal has shown low dry matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber, since the non-fibrous carbohydrates, which are considered important source of energy, had significant values. Determinations of total phenolics and condensed tannins levels were performed in triplicate. Results were presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) and were calculated by Excel software. Low levels of total phenolics and condensed tannins were observed in this species, which has shown an average of 168 and 119.71 mg/100g-1 of catechin, or 0,17 and 0,12 when expressed as % of dry matter. Insignificant amount of these bioactive compounds were observed, causing no adverse effects in animals.
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Copyright (c) 2011 Vinícius Lopes da Silva, Lívia Santos Costa, Milena Patricia Viana Bastos, Lívia Maria Araújo Macedo Facuri, Newton Oliveira Rêgo Júnior, Marcondes Viana da Silva
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