Jalc D, Zelenák L, Bod'a K, Baran M, Lagodjuk P Z, Kalacnjuk G I
Vet Med (Praha). 1983;28(5):279-84.
Trials were performed with wethers and goats to study the effect of non-conditioned beech sawdust (NBS) on the digestibility of nutrients and energy in granular diets. Besides this, the effect of the administration of different diets on the digestibility of NBS was studied by the in vitro method after Méllenberger et al. (1970). NBS was used in diets for replacing hay at the rates of 0, 5, 10 and 20%. The inclusion of NBS in diets reduced nutrient and energy digestibility in diets given to wethers and goats; the larger the proportion of NBP, the higher the reduction. Goats showed higher values of nutrient and energy digestibility than wethers. The digestibility of NBS dry matter determined by the in-vitro method increased with higher NBS proportions in diets, as found from rumen fluid sampled from wethers and goats fed different diets.
