Effects of Dietary Non-Fibrous Carbohydrate/Neutral Detergent Fiber on Growth Performance, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Rumen Methane Production of 12-Month-Old Holstein Dairy Heifers

  • DONG Lifeng ,
  • LI Binchang ,
  • WANG Bei ,
  • YE Jiangfeng ,
  • DIAO Qiyu
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  • 1. Beijing Key Laboratory for Dairy Cow Nutrition/Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    3. College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China

Received date: 2020-03-03

  Online published: 2020-08-13

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of dietary non-fibrous carbohydrate/neutral detergent fiber (NFC/NDF) on growth performance, nutrient apparent digestibility, and rumen methane (CH4) production of 12-month-old Holstein dairy heifers, aiming to obtain the CH4 emission data and CH4 conversion factor under the current production system, providing scientific evidence and references to develop national or regional greenhouse gases emission inventory and mitigation strategies. Forty-five 12-month-old Holstein dairy heifers in healthy condition were selected and randomly assigned to 3 groups with 15 animals in each group:low NFC/NDF group (dietary NFC/NDF=1.12), medium NFC/NDF group (dietary NFC/NDF=1.36), and high NFC/NDF group (dietary NFC/NDF=1.64). The whole experiment lasted for 63 d included a 14-d adaptation period and a 49-d measurement period. The results showed as follows:1) the dry matter intake (DMI), organic matter intake (OMI), non-fibrous carbohydrate intake (NFCI), gross energy intake (GEI), average daily gain (ADG) and the apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP)in high NFC/NFC group were significantly higher than those in low or medium NFC/NDF groups (P<0.05). 2)With the dietary NFC/NDF increasing, the CH4 production, CH4 production/metabolic body weight, CH4 production/DMI, CH4 production/OMI, CH4 production/neutral detergent fiber intake (NDFI) and CH4 energy (CH4-E) production were significantly decreased (P<0.05). The difference of CH4 conversion factor (CH4-E production/GEI) between medium and high NFC/NDF groups was not significant (P>0.05), which were significantly lower than that in low NFC/NDF group (P<0.05). 3)The significant positive correlations between rumen CH4 emission and body weight, DMI, dietary NDF content were observed (P<0.05), whereas rumen CH4 emission was significantly negatively related to dietary NFC/NDF (P<0.05). The highest coefficient of determination (R2=0.86) was achieved for prediction equation of CH4 emission which was developed based on DMI and NDFI. It is concluded that as the dietary NFC/NDF increases from 1.12 to 1.64, the DMI, ADF and the apparent digestibility of DM and CP are significantly increased, which is accompanied with significant decrease of rumen CH4 production. Meanwhile, the prediction equation of CH4 emission can be developed using DMI and NDFI for 12-month-old Holstein dairy heifers.

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DONG Lifeng , LI Binchang , WANG Bei , YE Jiangfeng , DIAO Qiyu . Effects of Dietary Non-Fibrous Carbohydrate/Neutral Detergent Fiber on Growth Performance, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Rumen Methane Production of 12-Month-Old Holstein Dairy Heifers[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2020 , 32(8) : 3688 -3697 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.08.027

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