Nutritional value of elephant grass genotypes
| Autor: | Cristian Faturi, José Adérito Rodrigues Filho, Paulo Henrique Machado de Souza, Ednaldo da Silva Filho, Aníbal Coutinho do Rêgo, Luiz Fernando de Souza Rodrigues |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
biology
040301 veterinary sciences Agriculture (General) 0402 animal and dairy science ruminant 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science Nutritive values S1-972 Pennisetum purpureum 0403 veterinary science Neutral Detergent Fiber Animal science digestibility Ruminant Animal Science and Zoology Dry matter intake Agronomy and Crop Science Feces |
| Zdroj: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Vol 52, Iss 10, Pp 951-955 (2017) Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira v.52 n.10 2017 Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) instacron:EMBRAPA |
| ISSN: | 0100-204X |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0100-204x2017001000016 |
| Popis: | The objective of this work was to assess the nutritive value of four elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) genotypes. The chemical composition, intake by sheep, and digestibility of different genotypes (G1, G2, G3, and G4) were evaluated. A dry matter (DM) digestibility assay was performed with total leftovers and feces collected from 20 sheep kept in metabolic cages. G3 had lower DM intake in grams per animal per day compared with G1 and G2, and it had greater digestibility, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, and acid detergent fiber values. G1, G2, and G4 have the best nutritive values among the evaluated genotypes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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