Factors Affecting Digestibility of Feed
Published on:
04/25/2018
Author/s :
Dr. Abu Bakar Sufyan / Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan - Pakistan.
A. ANIMAL FACTORS
B. PLANT FACTORS
C. PREPARATION OF FEED
A. ANIMAL FACTORS
1. Species
Roughages high in crude fibre are better digested by ruminants than by non-ruminants due to the pre-gastric fermentative digestion that occurs in the ruminants.
In several non-ruminants, post-gastric fermentative digestion occurs which helps in digestion of crude fibre.
Pre-gastric fermentative d...