A comparative study of the apparent total tract digestability of carbohydrates in icelandic and danish warmblood horses fed two different haylages and a concentrate consisting of sugar beet pulp and black oats

Rasmus Bovbjerg Jensen; Christine Brøkner; Knud Erik Bach Knudsen; Anne-Helene Tauson

doi:10.1080/1745039x.2010.504606

A comparative study of the apparent total tract digestability of carbohydrates in icelandic and danish warmblood horses fed two different haylages and a concentrate consisting of sugar beet pulp and black oats

Rasmus Bovbjerg Jensen, Christine Brøkner, Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Anne-Helene Tauson

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Abstract

Four Icelandic (ICE) and four Danish Warmblood (DW) horses were used in a crossover study with two treatments to investigate the effect of breed and the effect of stage of maturity of haylage on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of a diet consisting of sugar beet pulp, black oats and haylage early or late cut. Fibre was analysed as crude fibre (CF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and dietary fibre (DF = non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) plus lignin). In haylage all analysed fibre fractions increased with advancing stage of maturity, with the cell wall components cellulose, noncellulosic residue, xylose and lignin causing this increase. Crude protein (CP) and sugars decreased with advancing stage of maturity. Feeding early cut haylage resulted in a significantly (p < 0.05) higher ATTD of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), energy, NDF, total NSP, DF and CP compared to feeding late cut haylage. There was a significantly (p < 0.05) higher ATTD of CF, DF and starch in ICE than in DW. Diet affected several faecal parameters with a significantly (p < 0.05) lower pH in faeces when horses were fed the early cut haylage. Concentrations of total short-chain fatty acids were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in faeces from horses fed early cut haylage, reflecting the higher fermentability (higher ATTD) of this diet. There was no marked effect of breed on faecal parameters. The DF analysis method gave the most appropriate differentiation of the fibre fractions and their digestibility, compared to the traditional CF, ADF and NDF analyses. A major advantage of the DF analysis is the capacity of recovering soluble fibres. The results suggested that ICE had higher ATTD of DF than DW, and this was caused by a tendency for a higher ATTD of cellulose, but further studies are required to verify that in general.

Original language	English
Journal	Archives of Animal Nutrition
Volume	64
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	343-356
Number of pages	14
ISSN	1745-039X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1745039x.2010.504606
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Jensen, R. B., Brøkner, C., Knudsen, K. E. B., & Tauson, A.-H. (2010). A comparative study of the apparent total tract digestability of carbohydrates in icelandic and danish warmblood horses fed two different haylages and a concentrate consisting of sugar beet pulp and black oats. Archives of Animal Nutrition, 64(5), 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/1745039x.2010.504606

A comparative study of the apparent total tract digestability of carbohydrates in icelandic and danish warmblood horses fed two different haylages and a concentrate consisting of sugar beet pulp and black oats. / Jensen, Rasmus Bovbjerg ; Brøkner, Christine; Knudsen, Knud Erik Bach et al.
In: Archives of Animal Nutrition, Vol. 64, No. 5, 2010, p. 343-356.

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Jensen, RB , Brøkner, C, Knudsen, KEB & Tauson, A-H 2010, 'A comparative study of the apparent total tract digestability of carbohydrates in icelandic and danish warmblood horses fed two different haylages and a concentrate consisting of sugar beet pulp and black oats', Archives of Animal Nutrition, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/1745039x.2010.504606

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