Cover Image

Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep

Rumen protected fats (RPF) are known to improve animal performance without affecting rumen metabolism in sheep. However, comparative effects of prilled fat, prilled fat with lecithin and calcium soap have not been fully studied. Hence this experiment was planned using 36 male Dorper sheep in a compl...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Behan, Atique Ahmed, Loh, Teck Chwen, Fakurazi, Sharida, Kaka, Ubedullah, Kaka, Asmatullah, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/1/37585.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/7/400
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.37585
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.375852020-04-16T01:26:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/ Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep Behan, Atique Ahmed Loh, Teck Chwen Fakurazi, Sharida Kaka, Ubedullah Kaka, Asmatullah Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi Rumen protected fats (RPF) are known to improve animal performance without affecting rumen metabolism in sheep. However, comparative effects of prilled fat, prilled fat with lecithin and calcium soap have not been fully studied. Hence this experiment was planned using 36 male Dorper sheep in a completely randomized design in four treatment groups. The diets included: Basal diet (70:30 concentrate to rice straw) with no added RPF as a control (CON), basal diet plus prilled fat (PF), basal diet plus prilled fat with lecithin (PFL) and basal diet plus calcium soap (CaS). The trial lasted 90 days following two weeks adaptation period. The body weights, average daily gain and gain to feed ratio were not affected by treatments. The intake and digestibilities of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein and neutral detergent fibre were not affected, while those for ether extract and crude fibre differed (p < 0.05). RPF had no effect on concentrations of ammonia nitrogen, total volatile fatty acids and total bacterial population. The concentrations of rumen total saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, total n − 3, total n − 6, unsaturated fatty acids:saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids:saturated fatty acids differed (p < 0.05) among the treatments with RPF supplementation. Hence supplementation of different types of protected fats did not influence animal performance in Dorper sheep. MDPI 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/1/37585.pdf Behan, Atique Ahmed and Loh, Teck Chwen and Fakurazi, Sharida and Kaka, Ubedullah and Kaka, Asmatullah and Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi (2019) Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep. Animals, 9 (7). art. no. 400. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2076-2615 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/7/400 10.3390/ani9070400
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description Rumen protected fats (RPF) are known to improve animal performance without affecting rumen metabolism in sheep. However, comparative effects of prilled fat, prilled fat with lecithin and calcium soap have not been fully studied. Hence this experiment was planned using 36 male Dorper sheep in a completely randomized design in four treatment groups. The diets included: Basal diet (70:30 concentrate to rice straw) with no added RPF as a control (CON), basal diet plus prilled fat (PF), basal diet plus prilled fat with lecithin (PFL) and basal diet plus calcium soap (CaS). The trial lasted 90 days following two weeks adaptation period. The body weights, average daily gain and gain to feed ratio were not affected by treatments. The intake and digestibilities of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein and neutral detergent fibre were not affected, while those for ether extract and crude fibre differed (p < 0.05). RPF had no effect on concentrations of ammonia nitrogen, total volatile fatty acids and total bacterial population. The concentrations of rumen total saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, total n − 3, total n − 6, unsaturated fatty acids:saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids:saturated fatty acids differed (p < 0.05) among the treatments with RPF supplementation. Hence supplementation of different types of protected fats did not influence animal performance in Dorper sheep.
format Article
author Behan, Atique Ahmed
Loh, Teck Chwen
Fakurazi, Sharida
Kaka, Ubedullah
Kaka, Asmatullah
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
spellingShingle Behan, Atique Ahmed
Loh, Teck Chwen
Fakurazi, Sharida
Kaka, Ubedullah
Kaka, Asmatullah
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
author_facet Behan, Atique Ahmed
Loh, Teck Chwen
Fakurazi, Sharida
Kaka, Ubedullah
Kaka, Asmatullah
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi
author_sort Behan, Atique Ahmed
title Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
title_short Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
title_full Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
title_fullStr Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
title_full_unstemmed Effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
title_sort effects of supplementation of rumen protected fats on rumen ecology and digestibility of nutrients in sheep
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/1/37585.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37585/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/7/400
_version_ 1665895948672303104
score 13.211869

Similar Items