Abstract #609

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Effects of urea and fibrolytic enzymes on chemical composition, in vitro digestibility, in vitro degradability, and gas production of cotton gin trash.
Alexandro Pereira Andrade1,2, Mauro Pereira de Figueiredo2, Danilo Gusmao de Quadros*1, Joel Queiroga Ferreira2, Yann Santos Luz2, 1Bahia State University, Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil, 2Southwest Bahia University, Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of treatment with urea (0 and 6%) and fibrolytic enzymes (0, 2, 4 and 6%; 75% cellulase and 25% hemicellulase) on chemical composition, IVDMD, dry matter in vitro degradability (IVDEG), and gas production of cotton gin trash. A completely randomized design in a 2 × 4 factorial design was used, with 4 replications. Two kilograms of residue were treated by 60 d with urea dissolved in water, applied to raise the moisture to 25%. The enzymes were sprayed, acting for 24 h. There was significant interaction between urea and fibrolytic enzymes for DM, EE, CP, and ADF (P < 0.05). Urea treatment increased CP in 157% (P < 0.05). Enzymatic hydrolysis affected quadratically CP in the untreated residue, but positively linear when it was ammoniated. Urea and enzymes were an effective way in reducing cell wall constituents (P < 0.05). The IVDMD was greater with ammoniation and when the enzymes doses were increased (P < 0.05). There was no significant interaction between urea and fibrolytic enzymes on IVDEG (P < 0.05). Although the values of the fraction a decreased from 19.1% to 13.6%, ammoniation increased b and c fractions from 34.2% to 40.4%, and from 0.038 to 0.045, respectively (P < 0.05). Using 5% of passage rate, the addition of urea reduced the effective degradability from 33.9% to 32.6%. No effect of urea was observed for potential degradability (P > 0.05). Fibrolytic enzymes did not affect the soluble fraction (P > 0.05); however, they increased linearly all other IVDEG parameters. Urea did not affect the rate of digestion of Kd1 and Kd2 (P > 0.05), while the enzymes just decreased linearly Kd2. The Vf1 and Vf2 were greater with ammoniation (P < 0.05), increasing from 16.2 to 51.2 and 51.2 to 62.4 mL/g, respectively, and they were increased linearly with the enzymes doses. The lag time was affected by the interaction between urea and enzymes (P < 0.05), being different in the ammoniated material without or with 2% of enzymes. Urea and fibrolytic enzymes associated treatment enhanced nutritional value of cotton gin trash.

Key Words: ammoniation, cellulase, hemicellulase