Use of F57 bags by the semi-automatic in vitro technique of gas production

摘要

In vitro techniques based on the production of gases during ruminal fermentation simulate the ruminal environment and ruminants digestive processes (Theodorou et al., 1994). These techniques allow the description of ruminal fermentation kinetics and also, indirectly, to estimate animal consumption (Bl??mmel, rskov, 1993). Therefore, these techniques have contributed for the studies of forages (Getachew et al., 1998).