Treatment of wheat straw using tannase and white-rot fungus to improve feed utilization by ruminants

Table 3 Disappearance (%) of cell wall components in raw wheat straw and enzyme treated wheat straw subjected to treatment with Ganoderma sp.

Substrate	In vitro digestibility,%	% Degradation							L/C ratio*
Substrate	In vitro digestibility,%	Wt	ADF	Lignin	Cellulose	NDF	HC	CP	L/C ratio*
SSF treated WS (myco- straw)	26.8 ± 0.8	11.6 ± 0.2	17.3 ± 0.4	24.0 ± 0.5	22.6 ± 0.6	18.9 ± 0.4	21.7 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.003
Tannin free ssf treated WS (0.1%)	32.2 ± 1.1	14.6 ± 0.3	20.3 ± 0.5	37.8 ± 1.3	20.4 ± 0.4	19.5 ± 0.4	17.9 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.001
Tannin free ssf treated WS (0.2%)	27.9 ± 0.7	12.4 ± 0.2	14.2 ± 0.3	16.6 ± 0.3	21.9 ± 0.5	19.3 ± 0.2	29.6 ± 0.8	2.14 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.004
Tannin free ssf treated WS (0.3%)	24.2 ± 0.4	10.9 ± 0.1	10.1 ± 0.1	13.0 ± 0.2	24.5 ± 0.7	19.6 ± 0.3	39.1 ± 1.4	2.13 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.005

ADF Acid detergent fiber, NDF Neutral detergent fiber, HC Hemicellulose, CP Crude protein; * data calculated on as such basis (w/w); Uninoculated wheat straw contains in vitro digestibility of 146 g/kg (14.6%).

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