The starch solubility in bicarbonate-phosphate buffer (SSB) and the ruminal degradability of starch from some feed by the in situ technique, using three Holstein cows, were evaluated in this study. The feeds were ground through a 2-mm screen for the concentrate and a 5-mm screen for forage and incubated using nylon bag (53mm). The starch concentration in corn, sorghum, cassava scraping, wheat bran, triticale, corn silage, sorghum silage, soybean meal, cottonseed meal and citrus pulp were: 79.3, 83.4, 91.4, 49.1, 65.9, 31.6, 16.1, 5.5, 5.5, and 8.4%, respectively, and SSB were 13.4, 10.7, 14.0, 0.7, 20.8, 18.1, 27.0, 18.4, 68.1 and 63.3%, respectively. The effective degradability (ED) of starch was corrected (EDc) for loss of small particles during the washing process of the nylon bags using SSB values. The corn, sorghum, cassava root, wheat bran, triticale presented starch ED values of 57.8, 67.5, 79.1, 98.8, and 98.4% and EDc of: 55.5, 39.5, 62.7, 90.3, and 91.9% respectively. The observed values for ED and EDc were different only for sorghum and cassava root.
starch; ruminal degradability; wheat bran; corn; cassava root; solubility; sorghum; triticale
