Journal of Applied Animal Research

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 2

In vitro Study of Fiber Fermentability by Swine Fecal Microflora

  • Author:
  • W.S. Wanga, T.C. Loha, H.L. Foob,c, J.B. Liangb
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 197 to 200

aDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

bDepartment of Bioprocess Technology, University Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

cInstitute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to compare fermentability of inulin and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) by swine fecal inoculum. Inulin had higher gas volume, total volatile fatty acids (VFA) and purine base (PB) concentration of inoculums as compared to CMC indicating its better fermentability by swine fecal inoculum.

Keywords

Swine feces, fermentation, fiber, total nitrogen, volatile fatty acids