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<journal-id>2007-1124</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias pecuarias]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. de cienc. pecuarias]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-1124</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-11242016000200141</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Rendimiento y degradabilidad ruminal de materia seca y energía de diez pastos tropicales cosechados a cuatro edades]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Yield, and ruminal dry matter and energy degradability of ten tropical grasses harvested at four ages]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valles de la Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Braulio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo Gallegos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Epigmenio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bernal Barragán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Martínez de la Torre Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Agronomía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Gral. Escobedo N.L.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>141</fpage>
<lpage>158</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-11242016000200141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-11242016000200141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-11242016000200141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente trabajo se realizó con el objetivo de determinar el rendimiento de materia seca (RMS), y la degradabilidad ruminal de la materia seca (MS) y la energía, de diez pastos de los géneros Brachiaria: B. brizantha (Insurgente), B. decumbens (Señal), B. humidicola (Chetumal), B. brizantha x B. ruzieziensis (Mulato I); Panicum: P. maximum cv. Mombasa, P. maximum cv. Guinea, P. maximum cv. Tanzania; y Pennisetum: P. purpureum cv. Taiwan, P. purpureum cv. Cuban king grass, P. purpureum cv. Purple king grass, a 3, 6, 9 y 12 semanas de rebrote, en tres ciclos de crecimiento. La degradabilidad ruminal de MS y energía se determinó a 48 h de incubación in situ. El RMS fue 3,037, 1,689 y 1,872 kg ha-1, para Pennisetum, Brachiaria y Panicum (P&lt;0.05). La PC disminuyó de 11.6 a 6.9 % (3 a 12 semanas), sin diferencias entre géneros. Contenidos (%) de FDN, FDA y LIG fueron 72.1, 43.5 y 8.1 (Brachiaria); 73.0, 45.8 y 9.0 (Panicum); y 68.8, 44.4 y 9.1 (Pennisetum); así como 68.1, 40.1 y 8.2 (3 semanas); y 76.2, 49.7 y 9.5 (12 semanas). La degradabilidad in situ de MS fue 70.0 (Brachiaria), 65.8 (Panicum) y 72.9 % (Pennisetum); disminuyendo de 71.7 a 62.9 % de 3 a 12 semanas. La energía pre-incubada promedió: 3,802, 3,756, y 3,608 kcal kg-1 MS, para Brachiaria, Panicum, y Pennisetum, sin cambios por edad de rebrote. La degradabilidad (% de la EB incubada in situ en el rumen) fue 55.6, 51.4 y 57.9, para Brachiaria, Panicum y Pennisetum. En conclusión, la edad de rebrote y género afectaron el valor nutritivo de los pastos evaluados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The objective of the study was to determine dry mater yield (DMY), and in situ ruminal degradable dry matter and energy of ten grasses of the genera Brachiaria: B. brizantha (Insurgente), B. decumbens (Señal), B. humidicola (Chetumal), B. brizantha x B. ruzieziensis (Mulato I); Panicum: P. maximum cv. Mombasa, P. maximum cv. Guinea, P. maximum cv. Tanzania; and, Pennisetum: P. purpureum cv. Taiwan, P. purpureum cv. Cuban king grass, P. purpureum cv. Purple king grass, at 3, 6, 9 and 12 wk of regrowth, in three evaluation cycles. DMY for Pennisetum, Brachiaria and Panicum was: 3,037, 1,689 and 1,872 kg ha-1 (P&lt;0.05). CP concentration decreased from 11.6 to 6.9 % (3 to 12 wk), without differences among genera. Concentration (%) of NDF, ADF and LIG were: 72.1, 43.5 and 8.1 (Brachiaria); 73.0, 45.8 and 9.0 (Panicum); and 68.8, 44.4 and 9.1 % (Pennisetum), values were 68.1, 40.1 and 8.2 (at 3 wk); and 76.2, 49.7 and 9.5 (at 12 wk). The in situ DM degradability was: 70.0 % (Brachiaria), 65.8 % (Panicum) and 72.9 % (Pennisetum) and decreased from 71.7 to 62.9 % (from 3 to 12 wk). Gross energy (GE) pre-incubation, was 3,802, 3,756, and 3,608 kcal kg-1 DM, for Brachiaria, Panicum, and Pennisetum, with no changes due to age of regrowth. In situ ruminal energy degradability (as % of incubated GE) was: 55.6, 51.4, and 57.9 % for Brachiaria, Panicum; and Pennisetum. In conclusion, age of regrowth and genus affected the nutritive value of the evaluated grasses.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pastos tropicales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Edad de rebrote]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Degradabilidad ruminal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Materia seca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Energía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tropical grasses]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Regrowth age]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ruminal degradability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dry matter]]></kwd>
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