Replacement levels of elephant grass by moist pineapple by-product silage in diets of Santa Inês crossbred sheep: performance and digestibility

The present study evaluated the effect of replacing elephant grass (EG) with moist pineapple by-product silage (PS) on the apparent digestibility, consumption of digestible nutrients and performance of 25 castrated male lambs Santa Ines crossbreds. The lambs had an initial body weight of 20.2 ± 3.5 ...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2013-02, Vol.45 (2), p.585-592
Main Authors: Cutrim, Darley Oliveira, Alves, Kaliandra Souza, Neiva, José Neuman Miranda, de Oliveira, Luis Rennan Sampaio, Mezzomo, Rafael, da Silva Elias, Acaína Kiss, da Mata, Vanessa Jaqueline Veloso, da Conceição dos Santos, Rozilda, Gomes, Daiany Íris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ananas - chemistry
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body weight
Carbohydrates
Diet
Digestion - drug effects
Dry matter
Elephantidae
Feces - chemistry
Feeding Behavior - drug effects
Grasses
Life Sciences
Male
Nutrients
Organic matter
Pennisetum - chemistry
Regular Articles
Sheep, Domestic - growth & development
Sheep, Domestic - physiology
Silage
Silage - analysis
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:The present study evaluated the effect of replacing elephant grass (EG) with moist pineapple by-product silage (PS) on the apparent digestibility, consumption of digestible nutrients and performance of 25 castrated male lambs Santa Ines crossbreds. The lambs had an initial body weight of 20.2 ± 3.5 kg and were housed in individual pens in a completely randomised design with five treatments (replacement of EG by PS at five proportions of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %) and five replicates during 74 days. There was no significant effect of PS replacement proportions on the intake of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), total carbohydrates (TC), non-fibrous carbohydrates or total digestible nutrients (TDN). The consumption of crude protein (CP) decreased linearly with the inclusion of PS in the diets. The digestibility of DM, OM and TCs as well as levels of TDN increased linearly with the addition of PS. The use of PS in the diets had no significant effect on the digestibility of CP and neutral detergent fibre corrected for ashes and protein (NDFom(n)). These results demonstrated that there was no difference in the performance of animals fed diets with or without PS.
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-012-0263-5