Senna spectabilis fruit on hair lambs feeding: digestibility, blood metabolites, and ruminal kinetic

Autor: Danilo Bonilla-Trujillo, Jairo Andrés Pardo-Guzman, Román David Castañeda-Serrano
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Ciência Animal Brasileira, Vol 19, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1518-2797
1809-6891
DOI: 10.1590/cab19049895
Popis: In recent years sheep, farming has emerged as an alternative production system especially in dry areas. The use of leaves and fruit from some trees has become an alternative for feeding for ruminants; however, studies on these species are scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of S. spectabilis fruit meal on in vivo and in vitro digestibility, blood metabolites, and ruminal kinetics in hair lambs. This study was carried out at Las Brisas farm, University of Tolima - Colombia. Twelve male hair lambs with body weight of 20.3 ± 2.5 kg were used. Animals were distributed in an experimental 4x4 Latin square design. The treatments consisted of diets based on Dichanthium spp hay with different inclusion levels of S. spectabilis fruit meal (15, 30, and 45%). A linear increasing effect (P
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