@ARTICLE{Fazaeli, author = {Fazaeli, H. and }, title = {Digestibility and Voluntary Intake of Fungal-Treated Wheat Straw in Sheep and Cow}, volume = {12}, number = {43}, abstract ={This study was conducted to assess the effect of culturing oyster mushroom (Pleurotus florida) on the nutritive value of wheat straw. In a completely randomized design, chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of untreated and fungal treated wheat straw were measured by the following treatments: 1) untreated wheat straw (UWS) 2) fermented wheat straw before mushroom fruiting (FTWS) and 3) fermented wheat straw after mushroom harvesting (SPWS), with 4 replicates. In addition, the in vivo digestibility and voluntary intake were determined using 4 cows and 4 sheep and nutritive value index was estimated. The crude protein and in vitro digestibility increased whereas organic matter and cell wall components decreased significantly (P }, URL = {http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-859-en.html}, eprint = {http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-859-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Crop Production and Processing}, doi = {}, year = {2008} }