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Reprod. Nutr. Dev.
Volume 43, Number 5, September-October 2003
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| Page(s) | 431 - 436 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2003035 | |
Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 43 (2003) 431-436
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2003035
School of Agriculture, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, United Kingdom
(Received 16 December 2002; accepted 8 August 2003)
Key words: neutral detergent fibre / ADF, acid detergent fibre / sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia / birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus
Correspondence and reprints: Jason M. Koivisto, kkoivisto@sympatico.ca
© INRA, EDP Sciences 2003
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2003035
FibreBags vs. FibreCaps for acid and neutral detergent fibre analysis
Jason M. KoivistoSchool of Agriculture, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, United Kingdom
(Received 16 December 2002; accepted 8 August 2003)
Abstract
A new procedure for determining acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre (ADF and NDF) was developed to reduce the
need for filtration and to allow for batch processing of forage samples. The FibreBag system is an economically necessary
evolution of the earlier FibreCap system. The purpose of this enquiry was to determine if the FibreBag is a suitable replacement
for the FibreCap. The FibreBag method produced very similar results to the FibreCap system of analysis and ranked the various
forage samples ion the same order. All the results suggest that the FibreBag is suitably similar in performance to the FibreCap
system.
Key words: neutral detergent fibre / ADF, acid detergent fibre / sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia / birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus
Correspondence and reprints: Jason M. Koivisto, kkoivisto@sympatico.ca
© INRA, EDP Sciences 2003