A study was designed to evaluate nutrient disappearance from three Texas browse species containing condensed tannins (CT; Acacia angustissima var. hirta, Desmodium paniculatum, Smilax bona-nox, and Medicago sativa as control) using the mobile nylon bag technique.
The mobile bag technique was used to determine rumen undegradable protein (RUP), dRUP, total tract digestible protein, and total tract digestible dry matter of alfalfa hay, brome hay, alfalfa haylage, corn silage, whole cottonseed, soybean meal, soyhulls, ground corn, nonenzymatically browned soybean meal, and dried distillers grains.
Oxygen consumption was measured using the Douglas bag method.
If the bag has wheels, handles and straps, practice using the bag each way.
Who will be using the bag?
If you're using the small bags, get at least 4 - 6 bags.
The mobile-bag technique was used to measure the intestinal disappearance of ADL and ADF from forage (Avena strigosa, Pennisetum purpureum, Cynodon dactylon, and Medicago sativa) and concentrate (corn grain, soybean meal, and sunflower meal) samples that were previously incubated in the rumen of additional fistulated steer for 12, 24, 36, or 48 h.
Ruminal, intestinal and total tract DM content, starch and N degradability of the extruded sorghum (T1, T2, T3, T4), unprocessed sorghum (T0; control) and barley grain (B) were determined using nylon bag and mobile bag techniques in a completely randomized block design (CRBD).
