TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nutritional Evaluation of Chickpea Wastes for Ruminants Using <I>In vitro</I> Gas Production Technique
AU - , Naser Maheri-Sis AU - , Mohamad Chamani AU - , Ali-Asghar Sadeghi AU - , Ali Mirza-Aghazadeh AU - , Amir-Reza Safaei 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 12
SP  - 1453
EP  - 1457
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.1453.1457
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.1453.1457
KW  - Chickpea
KW  -gas production
KW  -tannin
KW  -nutritive value
KW  -sheep
AB  - The present study determines the chemical composition and estimation of nutritive value of 2 types of chickpea wastes including Culled Chickpea (CCP) and Chickpea Dehulling by-Products (CDP) using <I>in vitro</I> gas production technique in sheep. The samples were collected from 10 pea packaging and processing factories. The feed samples (200 mg from each ) were incubated with rumen liquor taken from three fistulated Ghezel rams at 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h. The results showed that Organic Matter (OM), Ether Extract (EE), Non Fibrous Carbohydrates (NFC), starch and Total Phenolic Compounds (TPC) were significantly (p&lt;0.05) greater in CCP than that of CDP, but Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) were higher in CDP (p&lt;0.05). The Crud Protein (CP) and tannins of two feed samples were similar. There were significant differences (p&lt;0.05) in Dry Matter Digestibility (DMD), Organic Matter Digestibility (OMD), Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) and Metabolizable Energy (ME) contents (p&lt;0.01) of 2 experimental wastes. Gas productions for 24 h were significantly  (p&lt;0.05)  higher  in  CCP  than  CDP  (75.6   vs.  60.6  mL). The gas production constants values (a, b and c) for CCP were 4.6, 85.3 and 0.05 while for CDP were 4.9, 78.6 and 0.05, respectively. In an overall conclusion it seems that, the nutritive value of CCP was higher than that of CDP.
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