Study the effect of inclusion of feed flavonoid substances on animal performance and ruminal fermentation in calves
The thesis includes the effect of Bioflavex®, an orange plant extract rich in flavonoids, on rumen fermentation and meat quality. Several experiments were performed, in the “in vivo” trials (Exp. 1,2 and 3) under acidosis conditions the plant extract blend, ameliorated pH decrease and improved the a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/64192 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/288291 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/64192 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Flavonoides Acidosis Producció de metà Producción de metano Flavonoids Methane Production Producció animal 636 |
| Sumario: | The thesis includes the effect of Bioflavex®, an orange plant extract rich in flavonoids, on rumen fermentation and meat quality. Several experiments were performed, in the “in vivo” trials (Exp. 1,2 and 3) under acidosis conditions the plant extract blend, ameliorated pH decrease and improved the acetic/propionic ratio and relative abundance of lactate-consuming microorganism (M. elsdenii). The “in vitro” trials (Exp. 4 and 5) confirmed the “in vivo” findings and it was demonstrated that the effect of flavonoids blend relies in its main components, Naringine, Neohesperidine moreover the flavonoids blend reduced gas and methane production through a significant reduction in abundances of methanogenic archaeas. Finally, in the sixth “in vivo” experiment, the effect of Bioflavex® on carcass quality and fat color and stability of 32 young Friesian bulls was negligible. |
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