Chitosan associated with whole raw soybean in diets for Murrah buffaloes on ruminal fermentation,apparent digestibility and nutrients metabolism |
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| Authors: | Lais S B Dias Dayane de S Silva Gleidson Giordano P de Carvalho Maria Leonor G M L de Araújo Fabiano F da Silva Mara Lúcia A Pereira Jefferson R Gandra Victor G O Lima Antnio C S dos Santos Lucas F de A Bulco Vagner M Leite Jos Esler de Freitas Júnior |
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| Institution: | Lais S. B. Dias,Dayane de S. Silva,Gleidson Giordano P. de Carvalho,Maria Leonor G. M. L. de Araújo,Fabiano F. da Silva,Mara Lúcia A. Pereira,Jefferson R. Gandra,Victor G. O. Lima,Antônio C. S. dos Santos,Lucas F. de A. Bulcão,Vagner M. Leite,José Esler de Freitas Júnior |
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| Abstract: | This study aimed to investigate the effects of chitosan and whole raw soybean on nutrient intake, apparent digestibility, nitrogen utilization, microbial protein synthesis, blood metabolites, feeding behavior, ruminal fermentation, digesta kinetics, and reticular flow of nutrients of buffaloes. Four ruminally‐cannulated Murrah buffaloes (351 ± 15 kg of initial BW) were randomly assigned according to a 4 × 4 Latin square design. Treatments were arranged as 2 × 2 factorial arrangement: the first factor was whole raw soybean (WRS), and the second factor was chitosan (CHI) with or without their inclusion in diets. Intake and apparent digestibility of ether extract (p < .01; p = .04, respectively), non‐fiber carbohydrates intake (p = .03) and apparent ruminal digestibility of dry matter (p = .01) were affected by diets. An interaction effect or tendency was observed for microbial nitrogen (p = .09), concentrations, ruminal ammonia nitrogen (p = .05), total volatile fatty acid (p = .03). Association of chitosan with whole raw soybean has potential effects as a modulator of rumen fermentation; therefore, chitosan can be applied as an alternative non‐ionophore for Murrah buffaloes. |
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| Keywords: | blood metabolites chitin ethology nitrogen utilization rumen fermentation |
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