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Faria et al., 2008. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec., 60 (3): 691-697

Document reference 
Faria, B. N. ; Reis, R. B. ; Mauricio, R. M. ; Lana, A. M. Q. ; Leite, L. A. ; Coelho, S. G. ; Saturnino, H. M., 2008. Effects of adding monensin or propylene glycol to citrus pulp on the degradability of total carbohydrates and in vitro cumulative gas production. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec., 60 (3): 691-697
Abstract 

The effects of propylene glycol and/or monensin on the total carbohydrate degradations, pH, and cumulative gas production of citrus pulp using the semi-automated in vitro gas production technique where evaluated. The treatments were constituted of citrus pulp (CP); CP plus propylene glycol (CP+PG);CP plus monensin (CP+MO), and CP plus propylene glycol and monensin (CP+PG+MO), which were evaluated at two, four, six, 12, 24, 48, and 96 hours. The addition of propylene glycol to the citrus pulp resulted in the highest (76.7; 63.9; and 56.5% for rates of passage 0.02; 0.05 and 0.08%/h, respectively) total carbohydrates degradability. Cumulative gas production and degradation of total carbohydrates were highly correlated (92 to 97%, P<0.01). The pH was inversely correlated to degradability of total carbohydrates (r= -0.79, P<0.01). Propylene glycol showed higher effective degradation of total carbohydrate and may be a good additive to be used associated to the citrus pulp.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0102-09352008000300025&script=sci_abstract
Citation key 
Faria et al., 2008
Datasheets 
Citrus pulp, dried