TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Dietary Vegetable Oils on Intake, Digestibility and Methane Emission from Black Goats
AU - Jeong, W.Y. AU - Yi, O.H. AU - Choi, H.J. AU - Nam, K.T. AU - Kim, B.G. AU - Lee, S.R. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 24
SP  - 4689
EP  - 4692
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.4689.4692
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4689.4692
KW  - Vegetable oils
KW  -feed intake
KW  -digestibility
KW  -methane production
KW  -ruminants
AB  - This study was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary 
  vegetable oils on the nutrient digestibility and methane production of black 
  goats. Four castrated hybrid black goats (mean body weight: 44.07±0.16 
  kg) were fed four experimental diets each in a 4x4 Latin square design. A control 
  diet consisting of tall fescue hay (56%) and a mixture (44%) of corn and soybean 
  meal was prepared and added with 3% each of soybean, coconut and palm oil, respectively 
  for 3 treatment diets. Each experimental period consisted of a 10 days adaptation 
  period and 4 days for the measurement of apparent digestibility of Dry Matter 
  (DM) and of methane and carbon dioxide emissions using an open-circuit chamber 
  system. Supplemental vegetable oil did not affect DM intake and digestibility 
  of DM, Organic Matter (OM), crude protein and Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) 
  but the addition of the oils significantly decreased daily methane production 
  and metabolic weight-based methane production (p<0.05). Methane production 
  per kg intake of DM, OM and NDF was reduced by dietary coconut oil or palm oil 
  (p<0.05). Supplemental palm oil decreased methane production per digested 
  DM intake or digested OM intake (p<0.05). In conclusion, supplementing diets 
  with 3% of palm oil most effectively reduced methane gas generation without 
  affecting digestibility.
ER  -