›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 908-914.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.04.021

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Effect of Various Thickness Steam-flaked Processing on Ruminal Fermentation of Corn Grains in vitro

GUO Liang1, QIAO Lv1, ZHANG Min-hong2, HUANG Ying3, DENG Lu-fang4, ZANG Chang-jiang5   

  1. 1. Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing 100192, China;
    2. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China;
    3. Tianjin Animal Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tianjin 300402, China;
    4. Beijing Sanyuan Breeding Technology Co., Ltd., Feed Branch Company, Beijing 101105, China;
    5. Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2014-11-19 Online:2015-04-20 Published:2015-05-05

Abstract: Various unprocessed corn, steam-flaked corn (thickness 1.5 mm, SFC 1.5), and steam-flaked corn (thickness 2.0 mm, SFC 2.0) was used in the present study to compare the chemical compositions, starch gelatinization and ruminal fermentation characteristics in vitro of corn grains as affected by various processing based on chemical analysis, in vitro ruminal fermentation and gas production method. The results showed that the contents of crude protein and ether extract decreased (P<0.05), but the starch gelatinization increased (P<0.05);Gas production rate and starch digestibility of SFC were higher than unprocessed corn (P<0.05), but NH3-N concentrations were lower (P<0.05);The starch gelatinization of SFC 1.5 (88.76%) increased by 17% than that of SFC 2.0 (71.60%);The gas production rate, the digestibility of dry matter and starch of SFC 1.5 in 4 h significantly increased than that of SFC 2.0 (P<0.05). No differences on 48 h gas production, 12 and 24 h pH, total VFA production, the molar proportion of acetate, propionate, acetate/propionate, isovalerate, isobutyrate and valerate (P>0.05). It was concluded that the various thickness steam-flaked corn grains could increase starch digestibility and degradation rate, slow ruminal ammonia release, but would not affect 48 h gas production and other ruminal fermentation traits.

Key words: steam-flaked corn; in vitro rumen fermentation; nutrients digestibility; fermentation traits

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