A note on the evaluation of the acid-insoluble ash technique as a method for determining apparent diet digestibility in beef cattle

作者：Mc Geough E J; O'Kiely P^*; Kenny D A

来源：Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 2010, 49(2): 159-164.

• acid-insoluble ash
• cattle
• digestibility
• total faecal collection

The objective was to determine if the acid-insoluble ash (AIA) method provided accurate estimates of in vivo apparent digestibility compared with the standard total faecal collection (TFC) method. Twelve steers, mean live weight 328 (s.d. 27.3) kg, were offered one of three diets based on whole-crop wheat (WCW) or a grass silage (GS) diet in a 4 x 4 latin square design. Apparent dietary digestibility was determined simultaneously using AIA and TFC methods. Agreement between the two methods depended on diet type, with acceptable agreement (a difference between the methods of 0.06), observed with the WCW-based diets. However, the strength of the agreement was weakened with the inclusion of GS. Agreement statistics were found to be a useful tool for assessing the relationship between the two methods of measurement.

• 出版日期2010