Nutritive value of maize stover/pasture legume mixtures as dry season supplementation for sheep

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutrient contents and relative preferences of maize stover and three legumes forages and their feeding on intake and digestibility of sheep. Maize stover was blended with three legumes, stylo ( Stylosanthes guainensis), siratro ( Macroptilium atropur...

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Published in:Small ruminant research 2001-06, Vol.40 (3), p.261-267
Main Authors: Undi, M., Kawonga, K.C., Musendo, R.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Intake
Maize stover
Pasture legumes
Preference
Sheep
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Summary:Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutrient contents and relative preferences of maize stover and three legumes forages and their feeding on intake and digestibility of sheep. Maize stover was blended with three legumes, stylo ( Stylosanthes guainensis), siratro ( Macroptilium atropurpureum) and centro ( Centrocema pubescens), to produce four treatments, namely, only maize stover (control), stover/stylo, stover/siratro and stover/centro mixtures. The first experiment evaluated the relative preference of the stover and the various stover/legume mixtures when offered to sheep. Six rams were offered pair combinations of the treatments in a 6×6 Latin square with a split plot arrangement such that each ram had access to two feeds at a time in each period of 6 days. The second experiment included measurements of intake and digestibility of the stover and stover/legume mixtures. Four intact and four castrated male sheep were used in two, 4×4 Latin squares with 21-day periods. The least ( P
ISSN:0921-4488
1879-0941
DOI:10.1016/S0921-4488(01)00175-4