This study aimed to evaluate effects of feeding oils and condensed tannin on in vitro true digestibility (IVTD), ruminal fermentation and methane (CH4) emission in dairy cattle. Four donor heifer Holstein Friesian cows were fed a diet including concentrate and elephant grass (40:60, DM basis) for a 7-day duration. The cows were then collected rumen fluid before morning feeding to conduct in vitro incubation. The in vitro study was a completely randomized design with 7 treatments and 4 replicates per each treatment. A basal diet (BD) including concentrate and elephant grass at 40:60 was used as a control; meanwhile, other 6 diets were substitution of BD by 2.5% oil (either only soybean oil [S] or a blend of soybean oil and tuna fish oil [SF]) combined without or with grape seed extract (a great source of condensed tannin [T]) at 0, 0.4 and 0.8% DM, corresponding to Ctrl, ST0, SFT0, ST0.4, ST0.8, SFT0.4 and SFT0.8, respectively. Grape seed extract was a commercial product contained 95% condensed tannin in the form of proanthocyanidins (PA). Results shown that SFT0.4 had higher NH3-N, VFA and IVTD compared to those in SFT0 at 24h after incubation (P4 production by 23.97, 26.70 and 22.00% after 48h incubation (P4 production, but it caused negative effects on ruminal NH3-N, VFA and IVTD at 24h incubation; meanwhile, a reverse trend was observed in SFT0.4. Conclusion, SFT0.4 is an ideal diet to reduce CH4 emission, improve ruminal fermentation and digestibility in dairy cows.
Tạp chí khoa học Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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