Use of bean husk as an easily digestible fiber source for activating the fibrolytic rumen bacterium Fibrobacter succinogenes and rice straw digestion

• Published in: Animal science journal Vol. 83; no. 10; pp. 696 - 703
• Main Authors: FUMA, Ryosuke, OYAIZU, Shinya, NUKUI, Yoko, NGWE, Tin, SHINKAI, Takumi, KOIKE, Satoshi, KOBAYASHI, Yasuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.10.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animal sciences; Animals; Bacteria; bean husks; Dietary Fiber; Digestion; easily digestible fiber; Feeds; Fibrobacter - physiology; Fibrobacter succinogenes; Oryza; rice straw; rumen; Rumen - microbiology; Sheep; Sheep - physiology; Soy Foods

ABSTRACT A series of in sacco and in vitro studies were carried out to evaluate bean husks for activation of fibrolytic rumen bacteria and rice straw digestion. First, lablab bean husk, chickpea husk and rice straw were suspended in the rumen of sheep to analyze the bacterial consortium developed on...