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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2079-3480</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban J. Agric. Sci.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2079-3480</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial del Instituto de Ciencia Animal]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2079-34802017000400471</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[In vitro digestibility of products from coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) endosperm for fattening pigs. Technical note]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Digestibilidad in vitro de productos del endospermo del coco (Cocos nucifera L.) para el engorde de ganado porcino. Nota técnica]]></article-title>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ciencia Animal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José de las Lajas La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Investigaciones Porcinas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Punta Brava La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Nayarit]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sociedad Cubana de Porcicultores  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Guantánamo]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>471</fpage>
<lpage>476</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2079-34802017000400471&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2079-34802017000400471&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2079-34802017000400471&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In vitro digestibility (pepsin/pancreatin) of dry matter, organic matter and nitrogen was studied in 15 samples of endosperm of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.), defatted or not, grated in natura, from Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana, provinces from the West of Cuba. A completely randomized design was applied, in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement with five repetitions. With defatting, a significant decrease or increase (P &lt;0.05) in the concentration of organic matter or nitrogen was determined, without effect of the place of origin. Nitrogen content of the endosperm without defatting or defatted was 1.01 and 3.40 % on dry basis, respectively. There was no significant effect (P&gt; 0.05) of defatting nor of the origin of the stocking in in vitro digestibility of dry matter, organic matter and nitrogen, with values of 48.7, 44.5 and 57.7 %, respectively. It is suggested that supplying endosperm of coconut tree, milled and in natura to pigs may be considerably useful as an energy and protein source, due to its ileal digestibility.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se estudió la digestibilidad in vitro (pepsina/pancreatina) de materia seca, materia orgánica y nitrógeno en 15 muestras de endospermo de coco (Cocos nucifera L.), desgrasado o no, rallado in natura, proveniente de Artemisa, Mayabeque y La Habana, provincias del occidente de Cuba. Se aplicó un diseño completamente aleatorizado en arreglo factorial 2 x 3 con cinco repeticiones. Con el desgrase se determinó una disminución o aumento significativos (P &lt; 0.05) en la concentración de la materia orgánica o del nitrógeno, sin efecto del lugar de origen. El contenido de nitrógeno del endospermo sin desgrasar o desgrasado fue de 1.01 y 3.40 % en base seca, respectivamente. No hubo efecto significativo (P &gt; 0.05) del desgrasado ni del origen del acopio en la digestibilidad in vitro de MS, materia orgánica y nitrógeno, con valores de 48.7, 44.5 y 57.7 %, respectivamente. Se sugiere que suministrar el endospermo del coco, molido e in natura a cerdos puede ser de utilidad considerable como fuente energética y proteica, debido a su digestibilidad ileal.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pigs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nutritional value]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[digestión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nitrogen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[organic matter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cerdos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[valor nutritivo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[digestión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nitrógeno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[materia orgánica]]></kwd>
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