Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition
1991/10/01 by P.J. Van Soest, J.B. Robertson, James B. Robertson +1 · 43 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Nursing · #Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology #Food composition and properties #Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
paper · pdf · doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(91)78551-2
Abstract
There is a need to standardize the NDF procedure. Procedures have varied because of the use of different amylases in attempts to remove starch interference. The original Bacillus subtilis enzyme Type IIIA (XIA) no longer is available and has been replaced by a less effective enzyme. For fiber work, a new enzyme has received AOAC approval and is rapidly displacing other amylases in analytical work. This enzyme is available from Sigma (Number A3306; Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO). The original publications for NDF and ADF (43, 53) and the Agricultural Handbook 379 (14) are obsolete and of historical interest only. Up to date procedures should be followed. Triethylene glycol has replaced 2-ethoxyethanol because of reported toxicity. Considerable development in regard to fiber methods has occurred over the past 5 yr because of a redefinition of dietary fiber for man and monogastric animals that includes lignin and all polysaccharides resistant to mammalian digestive enzymes. In addition to NDF, new improved methods for total dietary fiber and nonstarch polysaccharides including pectin and beta-glucans now are available. The latter are also of interest in rumen fermentation. Unlike starch, their fermentations are like that of cellulose but faster and yield no lactic acid. Physical and biological properties of carbohydrate fractions are more important than their intrinsic composition.
Citations
Cited by
- The Effect of Corn Silage Particle Size on Eating Behavior, Chewing Activities, and Rumen Fermentation in Lactating Dairy Cows
- Associations between herd-level feeding management practices, feed sorting, and milk production in freestall dairy farms
- Emissions of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and carbon dioxide during storage of dairy cow manure as affected by dietary forage-to-concentrate ratio and crust formation
- Effect of dietary N-carbamoylglutamate on milk production and nitrogen utilization in high-yielding dairy cows
- Influence of rate of inclusion of microalgae on the sensory characteristics and fatty acid composition of cheese and performance of dairy cows
- Separate offering of forages and concentrates to lactating dairy cows: Effects on lactational performance, enteric methane emission, and efficiency of nutrient utilization
- Effects of corn silage particle size, supplemental hay, and forage-to-concentrate ratio on rumen pH, feed preference, and milk fat profile of dairy cattle
- Nano-zeolite efficiency to mitigate the aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) toxicity: Effects on growth, digestive enzymes, antioxidant, DNA damage and bioaccumulation of AFB1 residues in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
- In vitro evaluation, in vivo quantification, and microbial diversity studies of nutritional strategies for reducing enteric methane production
- Productive performance and urinary excretion of mimosine metabolites by hair sheep grazing in a silvopastoral system with high densities of Leucaena leucocephala
- Effects of feeding sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) vines as a supplement on feed intake, growth performance, digestibility and carcass characteristics of Sidama goats fed a basal diet of natural grass hay
- Plant extracts as phytogenic additives considering intake, digestibility, and feeding behavior of sheep
- Effect of protein level and urea in concentrate mixture on feed intake and rumen fermentation in swamp buffaloes fed rice straw-based diet
- Distribution of infective gastrointestinal helminth larvae in tropical erect grass under different feeding systems for lambs
- Blended rumen undegradable protein sources improve growth performance, and H-FABP expression in fattening lambs
- Low-quality straw over high-quality straw preferred for mineral-associated organic matter formation
- Effect of feeding hay vs. silages of various types to dairy cows on feed intake, milk composition and coagulation properties
- Feeding the residue from the extraction of cassava starch to dairy cows: Effects on nutrient digestibility and performance
- Silymarin and lycopene administration in periparturient dairy cows: effects on milk production and oxidative status
- High vs. low human edible input diets: Effects on meat quality and sustainability in dairy beef
- Traits link drought resistance with herbivore defence and plant economics in semi‐arid grasslands: The central roles of phenology and leaf dry matter content
- Effects of Essential Oils on Methane Production and Fermentation by, and Abundance and Diversity of, Rumen Microbial Populations
- Nutritional implications of increased shrub cover for caribou (<i>Rangifer tarandus</i>) in the Arctic
- Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds?
- Effects of papaya peel addition on fermentation quality, nutritional value and in vitro ruminal digestion of napier grass silage
- Effect of partial substitution of bulk urea by nanoparticle urea fertilizer on productivity and nutritive value of teosinte varieties
- Phenotypic traits of sunflower varieties depend on the composition of cover crops
- Nutritional quality and potential energetic supply of spring forage for Cuvier’s gazelle in a North African Mediterranean forest mosaic
- Use of 3-nitrooxypropanol in early-lactation dairy cows fed a high forage total mixed ration: Effect on enteric methane emissions, performance, and milk carbon isotopic signature
- Increased supply of lysine, methionine, and histidine during heat stress in primiparous and multiparous dairy cows: Effects on clinical signs of heat stress, performance, and metabolism
- Characterisation of Bambara groundnut landraces: Nutritional and proximate composition
- Effects of Two Bacterial Exopolysaccharides on Microbial Community, Fermentation Characteristics and Aerobic Stability in Oat Silage
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus) reduces cyathostomin egg excretion and larval development in grazing horses
- Muscle histology changes in first-lactation dairy cows from pre- to postpartum
- The effect of increasing pasture species on herbage production, chemical composition and utilization under intensive sheep grazing
- Productivity and nutritive value of <i>Brachiaria decumbens</i> and performance of dairy heifers in a long‐term silvopastoral system
- Effects of additives on the fermentation and aerobic stability of grass silages and total mixed rations
- Liveweight gain of beef cattle in <i>Brachiaria brizantha</i> pastures and mixtures with <i>Stylosanthes guianensis</i> in the Brazilian savannah
- Effects of an intramammary LPS challenge in lactating Holstein cows fed a probiotic-postbiotic blend on performance, inflammation, and paracellular permeability of the gastrointestinal tract
- Dietary olive cake reduces the oxidation of lipids, including cholesterol, in lamb meat enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Whole grains in the finishing of culled ewes in pasture or feedlot: Performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality
- Effect of dietary buriti oil on the quality, fatty acid profile and sensorial attributes of lamb meat
- Nutritional characteristics and quality of eggs from laying hens fed on a diet supplemented with chestnut tannin extract (<i>Castanea sativa</i>Miller)
Related