Effects of feeding different proportions of silver leaf desmodium (Desmodium uncinatum) with banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaf on nutrient utilization in Horro sheep fed a basal diet of natural grass hay
| Autor: | Sandip Banerjee, Diriba Chali, Lars Olav Eik, Ajebu Nurfeta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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040301 veterinary sciences
Desmodium Banana Leaf Body Weight Gain Forage Musa × paradisiaca Horro Sheep Feed conversion ratio Article Feed Intake 0403 veterinary science Ruminant Nutrition and Forage Utilization Animal science medicine Dry matter biology 0402 animal and dairy science food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science Neutral Detergent Fiber Hay Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Weight gain Silver Leaf Desmodium Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences Asian-australasian journal of animal sciences |
| ISSN: | 1011-2367 |
| Popis: | Objective The objective was to evaluate feed intake, digestibility, body weight change and carcass characteristics of sheep fed a basal diet of hay supplemented with banana leaves and silver leaf desmodium. Methods Thirty yearling lambs with an average initial body weight of 15.85±1.6 kg were grouped into six blocks of five rams in each block. The treatments were: hay alone (T1), hay+ 100% banana leaf (T2), hay+67% banana leaf+33% desmodium leaf (T3), hay+33% banana leaf+67% desmodium leaf (T4), andhay+100% desmodium leaf (T5). Three hundred grams of treatment diets were offered daily on as fed basis. The feeding and digestibility trials lasted for 84 and 7 days, respectively, followed by carcass evaluation. Results The total dry matter (DM) intake for T3, T4, and T5 were greater (p T4>T3>T2>T1. Ram lambs receiving supplementary diets had higher (p |
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