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The effect of water-soluble carbohydrate concentration and type on in vitro rumen methane output of perennial ryegrass determined using a 24-hour batch-culture gas production technique
Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland
Abstract
peer-reviewedThe objective of this study was to examine the effects of water-soluble carbohydrate
(WSC) concentration and type on the in vitro rumen methane (CH4) output of perennial
ryegrass (PR) using a 24-hour batch-culture gas production technique. Dried and milled
PR was incubated either alone (PR-O) or with added sucrose (PR-S), inulin (PR-I), or
sucrose plus inulin (PR-S+I; sucrose:inulin ratio of 1:4) in sealed glass bottles [0.5 g
total substrate dry matter (DM) per bottle] at 39 掳C for 24 hours with buffered rumen
fluid. The WSC types were added (except for PR-O) so that the WSC concentration in
each fermentation bottle at the start of the incubation was either 180 (i.e., PR-O), 225,
270, 315, or 360 g/kg of total substrate DM incubated. There were linear decreases in
CH4 output per gram of DM disappeared (CH4/ivDMD) and per mmol of total volatile
fatty acid output (CH4/tVFA) with increasing WSC concentration in the incubated substrate.
The WSC type had no effect on in vitro rumen CH4 output. It is concluded that
since CH4/ivDMD and CH4/tVFA were reduced by increasing the concentration of WSC
incubated with PR, it would be worthwhile to undertake in vivo experiments to examine
these effects on in vivo CH4 emissions per unit of animal product.Funding for this study was provided under the
National Development Plan through the Research
Stimulus Fund administered by the Department of
Agriculture, Food & the Marine (RSF no. 07 517)
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