UTILIZATION OF SUGAR CANE FINAL MOLASSES BY THE PIG: COMPOSITION OF ILEAL DIGESTA

1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. PEREZ ◽  
VILDA FIGUEROA ◽  
J. LY ◽  
A. MAYLIN ◽  
H. S. BAYLEY

Castrated male pigs of 30-kg live weight were fitted with re-entrant ileal cannulae using a surgical procedure which minimized disruption of digestive tract function. Three diets were investigated: sugar cane final molasses, a mixture of molasses and torula yeast, 3:1 on a dry weight basis, and a mixture of molasses and processed food industry by-products: (garbage), 3:1 on a dry weight basis. The pigs were trained to consume their diet in a single daily meal period of 30 min. The ileal digesta were collected, measured and sampled every 30 min for 24 h following the meal. Two collections were made for each diet, using a group of four pigs for both the first and second diets, and another group of four pigs for the third diet. Food and water intake, and ileal digesta flow varied greatly between pigs but there were linear relationships between the volume of ileal digesta and the dry matter intakes: the regression coefficient being 11,6 and 3 mL/g dry matter consumed for the molasses, molasses plus yeast, or molasses plus garbage, respectively. Regression analysis of digesta flux and digesta composition showed that the ash content of the digesta was directly related to the water flux through the terminal ileum. Carbohydrate constituted almost half of the organic matter in the ileal digesta from the molasses diet, and 41% of this was sucrose, 57% fructose and 2% glucose. This indicated incomplete hydrolysis of the sucrose and incomplete absorption of the fructose, within the small intestine. Key words: Swine, molasses, ileal cannulation, digesta composition, torula yeast, garbage

1991 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 981-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.J.A. Niederholzer ◽  
R.M. Carlson ◽  
K. Uriu ◽  
N.H. Willits ◽  
J.P. Pearson

A study was undertaken to determine the seasonal dynamics of leaf and fruit K content and the influence of tree K status and fruit growth on leaf and fruit K accumulation rates in French prune (Prunus domestics L. cv. d'Agen). Mature trees in a commercial orchard were treated with various rates of K2 SO4. (O to ≈20 kg/tree) in the fall. Fruit dry weight yield per tree at harvest and fruit K content were higher for high-K trees, but fruit percent K (by dry weight) was ≈1.0% for all trees. Leaf scorch and subsequent abscission severely reduced the canopy of K-deficient trees. Significant positive linear relationships between leaf and fruit K accumulation rates existed for the periods of 28 Apr.-28 May (May) and 28 May-7 July (June). A significant negative linear relationship existed between these two criteria from 7 July-3 Aug. (July). May (0.237 mg K per fruit-day) and July (0.267 mg K per fruit-day) mean fruit K accumulation rates were similar, but both were significantly higher (P = 0.001) than those for June (0.140 mg K per fruit-day). Mean leaf K accumulation rates for May (- 0.007 mg K per leaf-day) and July (-0.010 mg K per leaf-day) were similar, but both were significantly (P = 0.001) less than for June (0.005 mg K per leaf-day). Potassium per fruit accumulation was highest in trees with highest K status. Periods of net leaf K efflux and influx did not precisely correlate with fruit growth stages measured by fruit dry weight. The period of lowest fruit K accumulation (28 May-7 July) coincided with the period of maximum dry matter accumulation by the kernel. After 7 July, all increases in fruit dry weight and K content were due to mesocarp growth.


1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Woessner ◽  
C. B. Davey ◽  
B. E. Crabtree ◽  
J. D. Gregory

Nutrient content (P, K, Ca, Mg) of the aboveground tissue of a series of full-sib loblolly crosses was found to vary by genotype. Variability among and within seed sources is indicated for the ability to absorb Ca and Mg. Absorption of P and K was not found to be dependent on seed source, but the full-sib crosses differ. Good linear relationships were found between plant dry weight and weight of element but not between plant dry weight and percentage of element. Certain highly efficient crosses can be expected to be good producers of dry matter on sites low in available nutrients.


1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. WILLEMOT ◽  
H. J. HOPE ◽  
L. PELLETIER ◽  
J. LANGLOIS ◽  
R. MICHAUD

During frost hardening of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum cvs. Kharkov 22 M.C., hardy, and Champlein, less hardy) fresh and dry weights, lipid phosphorus and soluble and insoluble proteins were determined. Percentage dry matter of the tissues doubled in both cultivars. When results are expressed per plant and per gram fresh weight, lipid phosphorus and soluble and insoluble proteins increased, while they decreased on a dry weight basis. There was therefore apparently no enrichment of the tissues in membranes in comparison with the other cell components but rather a general increase in dry weight. The observed changes occurred to the same extent in both cultivars and thus cannot explain varietal differences in frost hardiness. There was little correlation between the changes in lipids and protein. Lipid and protein membrane components appear therefore to have changed independently.


1994 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cushnahan ◽  
F. J. Gordon ◽  
C. P. W. Ferris ◽  
D. M. B. Chestnutt ◽  
C. S. Mayne

AbstractA study was carried out to determine if sheep could be used as a model for predicting the intakes of silages by cattle. Fifty ewes and 45 cows were offered five grass silages unsupplemented in two parallel randomized-block experiments over a 4-week period. Each silage had been made using the same equipment over a range of cutting dates (May, July, August 1991). The silages differed in fermentation characteristics, with lactic acid concentrations varying from 15·3 to 90·7 g/kg dry matter, and ammonia-nitrogen concentrations from 77 to 198 g/kg nitrogen. When expressed on a metabolic live-weight basis, the mean intakes of silages by cows were 2·25 times those of the sheep, with the mean intakes being 35·1 and 79·1 g/kg M0·75 for the sheep and cows respectively. However, there was no significant correlation between recorded intakes during the 4th week of the study by the two species (y (cows) = 0·62× (sheep) + 58·40; r2 = 0·03). It was concluded that sheep were not a useful model system to predict the intakes of a range of grass silages of similar chop length by dairy cows.


1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Marsh

SUMMARYForty-two British Friesian castrated male calves of 1 to 3 weeks of age were offered ad libitum unwilted or wilted silage made from the same sward for 21 consecutive weeks. Both silages were supplemented with a cereal and protein concentrate at two restricted levels of intake or with dried grass cobs offered ad libitum. There was little difference i n the chemical composition ofthe two silages except for DM content. Dry-matter intake of wilted silage was slightly but not significantly greater than that of unwilted silage. Differences between silages in daily gain or final live weight were not significant.An increase in the intake of the cereal and protein concentrate led to a significant decrease (P < 0·001) in silage DM intake and a significant increase (P < 0·001) in daily gain andfinallive weight. Calves offered dried grass as a supplement to silage ate similar quantities of silage DM to calves offered an equal amount of the cereal and protein supplement but gained significantly less (P < 0·001) live weight. When intakes were presented on a unit metabolic live-weight basis, calves ate significantly more (P < 0·001) silage when supplemented with dried grass than calves offered the cereal and protein supplement.


1976 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Allen ◽  
D. C. E. Wurr

SummaryIn each of two experiments two potato varieties were grown at a range of plant densities in order to provide mature tubers of different sizes for the study of the relationshipsbetween tuber size and tuber concentration of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). As tuber size increased, the concentrations of tuber nutrients (g/100 g dry matter) declined to a minimum value and then tended to increase with a further increase in tuber size. This suggests that when tuber samples are taken for the determination of tuber nutrient concentration on a dry-weight basis the sampling procedure should ensure that results do not vary because of differences in the tuber size distribution.


1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Lonsdale ◽  
E. K. Poutiainen ◽  
J. C. Tayler

SUMMARY1. The primary growth of a sward of S24 perennial ryegrass was harvested between 23 April and 9 May 1968, artificially dried and either chopped or coarsely milled. The two physical forms of grass were wafered either alone or together with 50% by dry weight of rolled, anaerobically stored barley, and given to 7-month-old, Hereford × British Friesian steers in an experiment of 2 × 2 factorial design.2. A representative group of animals was slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment, and the remainder were individually fed ad libitum for 70 days, after which they also were slaughtered. During the feeding period digestibility was determined by total faecal collection from all the animals individually on two occasions.3. Dry-matter intake and live-weight gain were similar on all feeds. The weight of gut contents as a percentage of final live weight was significantly lower and the carcass-weight gain was significantly higher for animals given wafers containing barley compared with those for animals given wafers of grass alone.4. Coarse milling compared with chopping reduced the apparent digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, cellulose and energy; the addition of barley increased the digestibility of organic matter but further reduced that of cellulose.5. The efficiency of conversion of digested energy to empty-weight or carcass gain was similar for wafers containing the two forms of forage, but the digested energy of wafers containing barley was converted to carcass weight with significantly greater efficiency than that of wafers consisting solely of grass.6. Physical separation of the tissues of sample joints failed to show any significant differences in the proportion of fat, muscle and bone as a result of either differences in physical form or the inclusion of barley.7. The results indicate that live-weight gain is an insufficiently sensitive measurement by which to assess the true productive potential of feeds given to ruminants in short-term experiments.


Author(s):  
I.M. Ritchie ◽  
C.C. Boswell ◽  
A.M. Badland

HERBACE DISSECTION is the process in which samples of herbage cut from trials are separated by hand into component species. Heavy reliance is placed on herbage dissection as an analytical tool ,in New Zealand, and in the four botanical analysis laboratories in the Research Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries about 20 000 samples are analysed each year. In the laboratory a representative subsample is taken by a rigorous quartering procedure until approximately 400 pieces of herbage remain. Each leaf fragment is then identified to species level or groups of these as appropriate. The fractions are then dried and the composition calculated on a percentage dry weight basis. The accuracy of the analyses of these laboratories has been monitored by a system of interchanging herbage dissection samples between them. From this, the need to separate subsampling errors from problems of plant identification was, appreciated and some of this work is described here.


2020 ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Е.В. Янченко

Цель исследований – дать оценку сохраняемости и болезнеустойчивости современных сортов и гибридов моркови столовой и определить корреляционные зависимости влияния биохимических показателей качества на сохраняемость и степень поражения моркови столовой различными видами болезней в процессе хранения. Исследования проводились в 2011–2016 годах во ВНИИО – филиале ФГБНУ ФНЦО по общепринятым методикам. В биохимической лаборатории отдела земледелия и агрохимии содержание сухого вещества определяли высушиванием до абсолютно сухого веса, общего сахара – по Бертрану, аскорбиновой кислоты – по Мурри, нитраты – ионоселективным методом. При характеристике моркови столовой важнейший показатель, определяющий его качество – количество сухого вещества и сахаров. В процессе хранения были выявлены следующие болезни моркови: серая гниль (Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr.), белая гниль (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.)), белая парша (Rhizoctonia carotae Rad.), альтернариоз (Alternaria radicina M., Dr. et E.). В большей степени сортообразцы моркови столовой поражались серой гнилью. Лучшими по сохраняемости сортообразцами были Корсар (94,6%), F1Берлин (94,5%), Берликум Роял (94,1%) и F1 Звезда (94%). Сохраняемость у зарубежных сортов и гибридов моркови столовой была немного выше, чем у отечественных (на 0,4%) как за счет меньшей величины убыли массы (6,3% против 6,4%), так и потерь от болезней (1,6% против 1,9%). Сохраняемость корнеплодов моркови находится в прямой корреляционной зависимости от содержания сухого вещества (r=+0,41), каротиноидов (r=+0,39), моносахаров (r­=+0,30) и суммы сахаров (r=+0,27). Проявление серой гнили находится в обратной корреляционной связи с содержанием сухого вещества и каротиноидов (r=-0,37 и r=-0,35 соответственно), белой парши – в прямой корреляции с содержанием сухого вещества , моносахаров и дисахаров (r= +0,21; r= +0,39; r= -0,41 соответственно), белой гнили в обратной корреляционной связи с содержанием сухого вещества, моносахаров и дисахаров. The purpose of the research is to assess the persistence and disease resistance of modern varieties and hybrids of carrots and to determine the correlation between the influence of biochemical quality indicators on the persistence and degree of damage to carrots by various types of diseases during storage. The research was conducted in 2011–2016 at ARRIVG – branch of FSBSI FSVC, according to generally accepted methods. In the biochemical laboratory of the Department of Agriculture and Agrochemistry, the dry matter content was determined by drying to absolutely dry weight, total sugar – by Bertran, ascorbic acid – by Murri, nitrates – by the ion-selective method. When describing carrots, the most important indicator that determines its quality is the amount of dry matter and sugars. During storage, the following diseases of carrots were detected: gray rot (Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr.), white rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.), white scab (Rhizoctonia carotae Rad.), alternariasis (Alternaria radicina M., Dr. et E.). To a greater extent, varieties of table carrots were affected by gray rot. The best preserved varieties were Corsar (94.6%), F1 Berlin (94.5%), Berlicum Royal (94.1%) and F1 Zvezda (94%). The persistence of foreign varieties and hybrids of table carrots was slightly higher than that of domestic ones by 0.4%. both due to a smaller amount of weight loss (6.3% vs. 6.4%) and losses from diseases (1.6% vs. 1.9%). The persistence of carrot root crops is directly correlated with the content of dry matter (r=+0.41), carotenoids (r=+0.39), monosaccharides (r=+0.30) and the amount of sugars (r=+0.27). The manifestation of gray rot is in inverse correlation with the content of dry matter and carotenoids (r=-0.37 and r=-0.35, respectively), white scab is in direct correlation with the content of dry matter (r= +0.21; r= +0.39; r= –0.41, respectively), white rot is in inverse correlation with the content of dry matter, monosaccharides and disaccharides.


HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 481d-481
Author(s):  
Z. Wang ◽  
M.C. Acock ◽  
B. Acock

To develop models for estimating growth, flowering time and gum yield of opium poppy, we compared variability among five cultivars (T, L, B1, B2, B3) from different latitudes in three Southeast Asian countries. Variability in the relationships between gum yield, capsule volume, and dry weight was also examined. Plants were grown in six growth chambers at a 11-, 12-, 13-, 14-, 15-, or 16-h photoperiod (PP) with a 12-h 25/20 °C thermoperiod. The main capsule was lanced for opium gum at 10, 13, and 16 d after flowering (DAF). Plants were harvested at 21 DAF and separated into leaves, stems, and capsules. Flowering time for B2 was affected least by PP and B1 the most. Flowering times for B3, L, and T were similar across the range of PPs. All cultivars showed a significant increase in flowering time from 14 to 13 h PP. Cultivars that flowered late (such as B1) had greater biomass than those that flowered earlier. However, cultivars that flowered earlier (such as L) had more dry matter partitioned into capsule than late-flowering ones. B2, B3, and L had the highest gum yields while B1 had the lowest. Positive correlations were found between gum dry weight and capsule volume (or dry weight) for T and L, but no correlations were observed between these variables for B1, B2, and B3. Our results indicated that plant dry weight varied as much as 77% and flowering time varied up to 40% even though the critical photoperiod was the same for all cultivars. The ratio of gum yield to capsule dry weight were significantly different between B1 and T.


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