380/18 | General Article | Animal Nutrition
Supplemental Strategy to Improve Nutritive Value of Cotton Gin Waste – A Potential Cattle Feed
Harsh Bathini, C.Valli and V.BalakrishnanDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai -600007, Tamil Nadu
Published in the Indian Veterinary Journal August 2019 : 96 (8) - pages 9 to 11(Received: October, 2018, Accepted: January, 2019)
Abstract
Cotton gin waste had, crude bre (41.28 %) rich in cellulose (40.00) and high in lignin (13.77). Cotton gin waste was inoculated with Trichoderma virideat ve moisture levels, with or without media and incubated for 20 days. The maximum production of cellulase and xylanase was achieved at 70 % moisture, with supplementation of media. In vitro degradability studies of cotton gin waste alone, Trichoderma viridae inoculated cotton gin waste, Trichoderma viridae inoculated cotton gin with critical nutrient, cotton gin waste supplemented with cellulase and xylanase and cotton gin waste supplemented with cellulase, xylanase with critical nutrients revealed cotton gin waste supplemented with cellulase, xylanase and critical nutrients had signicantly (p<0.05) highest apparent and true dry matter degradability.
Key Words: Cotton gin waste, Trichoderma viride, cellulase and xylanase , rumen degradability