%0 Journal Article %A Fazaeli, H. %T Digestibility and Voluntary Intake of Fungal-Treated Wheat Straw in Sheep and Cow %J Journal of Crop Production and Processing %V 12 %N 43 %U http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-859-en.html %R %D 2008 %K Wheat straw, Treatment, Pleurotus florida, Nutritive value., %X 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 %> http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-859-en.pdf %P 523-531 %& 523 %! %9 Research %L A-10-2-857 %+ %G eng %@ 2251-8517 %[ 2008