Lecture 2 Part 2 Flashcards
non fibrous
starches and sugars
fibrous
cellulose
benefits of van soest fiber analysis
-useful
- accurate
- evaluating type of carbs
cell contents
- digestible fraction of CHO, protein, lipid, and some ash
- sugar and starch
- protein
- lipids
cell wall
structural fiber and lignin
- cellulose
- hemicellulose
- lignin
NDS
neutral detergent solubles
- cell contents
NDF
Neutral detergent fiber
- cell wall
cell contents vs cell wall
cell contents are the stuff that is easy to digest while the cell was is stuff that is not easy to digest
what do microbes posses to digest cellulose
enzymes
what do cellulose and hemicellulose make up
carbs
lignin
- structure and support
- doesn’t provide nutrients
- not digestible for microbes
as age increases cell wall becomes
- tougher/thicker because lignin and NDF increases while digestibility decreases
van soest method
- forage
- digest with neutral detergent
- cell contents removed and hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin remain
- digest with acid detergent (full picture)
- hemicellulose removed and cellulose and lignin remain
- digest with 72% sulfuric acid
- cellulose removed and lignin remains
why in the van sest method is there a step of digest with 72% sulfuric acid
only way to separate cellulose and lignin
what is under the category of NDF
- cellulose
- hemicellulose
- lignin
- silica
- heat damaged proteins