The coexistence of different ungulate species in a given ecosystem has been the focus of many studies. Differences between ruminant foregut fermenters and hindgut fermenters were remarkable for example in the way they ingest and digest high fibre diets. Digestion trials based on total collections are difficult to conduct or are sometimes even not possible for wild animals in the field or in zoos. To gain information on the fibre digestion achieved by these animals and the influence of body mass (BM) thereon, a method using spot sampling is desirable. In this study, in vitro fermentation of faecal neutral detergent fibre (NDF) was used as a measure of fibre digestion in large ungulates. Food and faecal samples of 10 ruminant foregut fermenting and 7 hindgut fermenting species/breeds were collected. All animals received 100% grass hay with ad libitum access. The NDF of food and faeces was fermented in vitro in a Hohenheim gas test (HGT) for 96 h. The digestion type generally had an effect on the gas production (GP) of faecal NDF in the HGT with hindgut fermenters showing higher values than ruminant foregut fermenters. At any time interval of incubation, BM had no influence on GP. The results are in accordance with both findings that ruminant foregut fermenters have longer mean retention times and more comprehensive particle reduction and findings of a lack of influence of BM on digesta mean retention time. It can be stated that the HGT (96 h) is a useful and quick method to show also small differences within groups in fibre digestion.

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在一个给定的生态系统中,有蹄类动物的共存一直是许多研究的重点。反刍动物前肠发酵罐和后肠发酵罐之间的差异非常明显,例如,它们摄取和消化高纤维饮食的方式不同。基于总收集物的消化试验很难进行,有时甚至对于野外或动物园中的野生动物也无法进行。为了获得有关这些动物实现的纤维消化及其体重(BM)的影响的信息,需要一种使用点采样的方法。在这项研究中,粪便中性洗涤剂纤维(NDF)的体外发酵被用作大有蹄类动物中纤维消化的量度。收集了10种反刍动物前肠发酵食品和7种后肠发酵物种/品种的食物和粪便样本。所有动物均自由采食100%干草。食物和粪便的NDF在Hohenheim气体试验(HGT)中进行了96 h的体外发酵。消化类型通常会对HGT中粪便NDF的产气量(GP)产生影响,其中后肠发酵罐的值要高于反刍动物前肠发酵罐的值。在任何孵育时间间隔,BM对GP均无影响。结果与两个发现均一致:反刍动物前肠发酵罐具有更长的平均保留时间和更全面的颗粒减少,并且发现BM对消化物的平均保留时间缺乏影响。可以说,HGT(96 h)是一种有用且快速的方法,可以显示纤维消化组内的细微差异。

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