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DOI	10.3390/ani10040668
	Cistanche deserticola Addition Improves Growth, Digestibility, and Metabolism of Sheep Fed on Fresh Forage from Alfalfa/Tall Fescue Pasture
	Liu, Xulei 1; Liu, Fuyao 1; Yan, Tianhai 2; Chang, Shenghua 1; Wanapat, Metha 3; Hou, Fujiang 1
通讯作者	Hou, Fujiang
来源期刊	ANIMALS
ISSN	2076-2615
出版年	2020
卷号	10 期号:4
英文摘要	Simple SummaryCistanche deserticola is a functional plant which mainly grows in desert and is parasitic on roots of the host species Haloxylon ammodendron. It has advantages in improving bodily intestinal peristalsis, immunity, anti-aging, anti-oxidation, and liver health and was supplied for sheep in this experiment to study the effects of C. deserticola addition on nutrients digestion, nitrogen balance, energy utilization, and methane production. The results revealed that C. deserticola has good utilization value in animal nutrition. The data are useful for further research on this natural plant additive to improve the health and productivity of the sheep fed on fresh forage from alfalfa/tall fescue pastures. Abstract This study is targeted at evaluating whether C. deserticola addition promotes digestion, nitrogen and energy use, and methane production of sheep fed on fresh forage from alfalfa/tall fescue pastures. The sheep feeding trial was conducted with four addition levels with C. deserticola powder, and a basal diet of fresh alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Addition levels of 4% and 6% improved average body weight gain (BWG) by 215.71 and 142.86 g/d, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) by 0.20 and 0.14, respectively. Digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and ether extract (EE) was 62.25%, 65.18%, 58.75%, and 47.25% under the addition level of 2%, which is greater than that in the control group. C. deserticola addition improved energy utilization efficiency, while addition levels of 2% and 4% increased nitrogen intake and deposited nitrogen. Overall, C. deserticola has the potential to improve growth performance, digestion of sheep, so it has suitability to be used as a feed additive.
英文关键词	additives NDF body weight gain dry matter intake urine energy enteric methane emission grassland
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China ; North Ireland ; Thailand
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000531832800125
WOS关键词	TOTAL GAS-PRODUCTION ; RUMEN FERMENTATION ; FEED ADDITIVES ; NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY ; CHEMICAL-CONSTITUENTS ; METHANE EMISSIONS ; DIETARY FIBER ; EXTRACTS ; SUPPLEMENTATION ; METHANOGENESIS
WOS类目	Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science ; Veterinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Veterinary Sciences
来源机构	兰州大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/318922
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ, Coll Pastoral Agr Sci & Technol, Key Lab Grassland Livestock Ind Innovat, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs,State Key Lab Grasslan, Lanzhou 730020, Gansu, Peoples R China; 2.Agrifood & Biosci Inst, Hillsborough BT26 6DR, County Down, North Ireland; 3.Khon Kaen Univ, Fac Agr, Trop Feed Resources Res & Dev Ctr TROFREC, Dept Anim Sci, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Xulei,Liu, Fuyao,Yan, Tianhai,et al. Cistanche deserticola Addition Improves Growth, Digestibility, and Metabolism of Sheep Fed on Fresh Forage from Alfalfa/Tall Fescue Pasture[J]. 兰州大学,2020,10(4).
APA	Liu, Xulei,Liu, Fuyao,Yan, Tianhai,Chang, Shenghua,Wanapat, Metha,&Hou, Fujiang.(2020).Cistanche deserticola Addition Improves Growth, Digestibility, and Metabolism of Sheep Fed on Fresh Forage from Alfalfa/Tall Fescue Pasture.ANIMALS,10(4).
MLA	Liu, Xulei,et al."Cistanche deserticola Addition Improves Growth, Digestibility, and Metabolism of Sheep Fed on Fresh Forage from Alfalfa/Tall Fescue Pasture".ANIMALS 10.4(2020).