Acid Detergent Fiber and Neutral Detergent Fiber or both show up on forage tests, but measure different aspects of digestibility. Both ADF and NDF are part of the detergent analysis system used to ...

Animals on ADF 25 pellets had greater intake concentrations (P < 0.05) of dry matter, crude protein, lignin, and crude fat; however, animals fed the WHP diets had greater (P < 0.05) apparent ...

Energy from the digestion of NDF contributed up to 63% of the standard metabolism and 50% of maintenance requirements for energy on the highest fiber diet. The considerable NDF digestion was achieved ...