Forage:Concentrate Ratio Effects on In Vivo Digestibility and In Vitro Degradability of Horse’s Diet

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 16; p. 2589
• Main Authors: Zicarelli, Fabio, Tudisco, Raffaella, Lotito, Daria, Musco, Nadia, Iommelli, Piera, Ferrara, Maria, Calabrò, Serena, Infascelli, Federico, Lombardi, Pietro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; barley; cecum; Costs (Law); degradability; Diet; digestibility; Energy; energy content; Fatty acids; Feces; Feeds; fermentation; forage; hay; Horses; Hydrochloric acid; in vitro gas production; inoculum; Natural gas; straw; volatile fatty acids

Determination of digestibility represents the first step for the evaluation of the net energy content of feed for livestock animals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vivo digestibility and in vitro degradability of five diets characterized by different forage/concentrate ratios (F:C) in...