We conducted this study to evaluate the new in vitro system, DAISY", to determine dry matter (DM) digestibility in ruminant feedstuffs Results from the DAISY" were compared to those obtained by the traditional Tilly and Terry method The traditional method buffer was used for both methods. We also compared two sources of rumen inoculum from sheep and dairy cows
Seventeen different feeds were tested, grouped into roughage, concentrate, and CP supplements. The experiment was replicate on two different occasions for all feeds and the two sources of inoculum The source of inoculum and the time at which it was collected had no effect on the in vitro DM digestibility of the feedstuffs in either of the methods