Aspergillus terreus treated rice straw suppresses methane production and enhances feed digestibility in goats

Mohd Azlan P 1 , Jahromi MF 1 , Ariff MO 2 , Ebrahimi M 2 , Candyrine SCL 1 , Liang JB 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicines, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 3 Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia. jbliang@upm.edu.my
Trop Anim Health Prod, 2018 Mar;50(3):565-571.
PMID: 29150805 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-017-1470-x

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to test the efficacy of producing lovastatin in rice straw treated with Aspergillus terreus in larger laboratory scale following the procedure previously reported and to investigate the effectiveness of the treated rice straw containing lovastatin on methane mitigation in goats. The concentration of lovastatin in the treated rice straw was 0.69 ± 0.05 g/kg dry matter (DM) rice straw. Our results showed that supplementation of lovastatin at 4.14 mg/kg BW reduced methane production by 32% while improving the DM digestibility by 13% (P 

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