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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 79, Issue 9 2449-2455, Copyright © 2001 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Crude protein fractions in common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) fresh forage during pod filling

C. Alzueta, R. Caballero, A. Rebole, J. Trevino and A. Gil
Dpto. de Produccion Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain. alzueta@vet.ucm.es

Crude protein (CP) of forages can be separated into fractions of differentiated abilities to provide available amino acids in the lower gut of ruminants. This knowledge is critical to develop feeding systems and to predict animal responses. We have measured during two growing seasons (1996 to 1997 and 1997 to 1998) the CP fractions of common vetch fresh forage with the objective being to assess the influence of maturity on concentration of CP fractions (as a percentage of total CP) and fraction yields. Fraction B2, which represents true protein of intermediate ruminal degradation rate, was the largest single fraction in common vetch forage (about 40% of CP across seasons and maturity stages). Soluble fractions (A plus B1) were less than 50% of total CP while the unavailable fraction C ranged from 4 to 8% of total CP. As a result, the remaining fraction B3 (true protein of very low degradation rate) only represented 2 to 9% of total CP. Concentration and yield of fraction B3 increased (P < 0.05) from flowering to pod-filling. Results showed that undegraded dietary protein represented a small proportion of total CP in common vetch forage. Moving the harvesting stage from flowering to the pod filling phase allowed for greater yield of undegraded dietary protein.


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