Elephant grass ensiled with wheat bran compared with corn silage in diets for lactating goats

Silva, Jacianelly Karla da; Oliveira, Juliana; Medeiros, A. N.; Santos, Edson Mauro; Magalhães, Tamires da Silva; Ramos, Alenice Ozino; Bezerra, Higor Fábio Carvalho

doi:10.1590/s1516-35982014001100008

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“…This is the minimum CP needed to provide the minimum ammonia levels required by rumen microorganisms to support the optimum rumen activity (Soliva et al, 2015). Crude protein (CP) values reported for silage diets in this study were similar to the CP range of 8.05 to 11.30 g/100g reported by Abegunde et al (2019) for dried banana leaves ensiled with cassava peels and urea as feed for WAD sheep and were also similar to the CP values of 23.63 and 31.46 g/kg for elephant grass ensiled with 10% wheat bran and 20% wheat bran, respectively as reported by Silva et al (2014).…”

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Nutritive Value and Preference of Guinea-Grass Ensiled with or without Additive by West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats

Abegunde

Babalola

Adeoye

et al. 2021

Trop. Anim. Sci. J.

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A study was designed to investigate silage additives’ effect on preference and nutritive value of five weeks re-growth guinea grass by West African dwarf (WAD) goats. The silages of five weeks re-growth guinea grass were made without additive (T1), with cassava peels additive (T2), and with fermented epiphytic juice of lactic acid bacteria in Panicum maximum (FEJPM) additive (T3). The effects of silage additives on preference, voluntary feed intake, growth, digestibility, and nitrogen utilization were assessed using 18 growing WAD goats (BW: 5.88±0.26 kg) in a completely randomized design. Dry matter was significantly (p<0.05) higher in T2 silage (40.70 g/100g) than in T1 silage (39.00) and T3 silage (34.60). Crude protein values were similar (p>0.05) in T1 and T3 silages (10.63 and 10.72 g/100g DM) that were significantly lower (p<0.05) than that in T2 silage (12.54 g/100g DM). The silages of guinea grass had acceptable physical attributes in terms of color, odor, and texture, with pH values ranging from 3.87- 4.97. T1 and T3 silages were rejected, whereas T2 silage was accepted well by the experimental WAD goats. Average daily feed intake (ADFI) was significantly (p<0.05) the highest in the WAD goats fed T2 silage (303.30 g/day), and the lowest (p<0.05) was found in WAD goats fed T1 silage (271.60 g/day). Similar to the ADFI, the highest average daily gain (ADG) was found in WAD goats fed T2 silage (37.25 g/day), and the lowest ADG (p<0.05) was found in WAD goats fed T1 silage (24.50 g/day). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) of WAD goats fed T2 silage (8.15) was superior to those of WAD goats fed T1 silage (13.63) and T3 silage (9.66). Crude protein and dry matter digestibility values were higher (p<0.05) in WAD goat fed T2 silage (68.24 and 63.87%, respectively) than in WAD goats fed T1 and T3 silages. Nitrogen intake and balance were significantly (p<0.05) the highest in WAD goats fed T2 silage (12.41 and 8.68 g/day, respectively), and these variables were similar in WAD goats fed T1 and T3 silages. Nitrogen retention was not affected by the silage additives. It was concluded that cassava peels were better than FEJPM as a silage additive since it improved fermentative quality, acceptability, feed intake, and digestibility of guinea grass silage by WAD goats.

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Nutritive Value and Preference of Guinea-Grass Ensiled with or without Additive by West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats

Abegunde

Babalola

Adeoye

et al. 2021

Trop. Anim. Sci. J.

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“…The CP values in the experimental treatments 1 to 6 fell within the limit of 9 to 14% recommended for growing sheep (Aduku, 2005). The CP values reported for silage diets in this study were higher than to the CP range of 8.46 to 10.72% reported by Binuomote et al (2019) for elephant grass ensiled with cassava peels and poultry but lower than CP values of 23.63 and 31.46 g/kg for elephant grass ensiled with 10% wheat bran and 20% wheat bran, respectively as reported by Silva et al (2014).…”

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Nutrient Digestibility Coefficient of West African Dwarf Goat Fed Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) Ensiled with Varying Levels of Cassava Peel and Brewers Dried Grain.

Binuomote¹,

Ayantoye²,

Fasesan³

et al. 2022

AJA

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Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the digestibility of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats offered Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) ensiled with varying levels of Cassava peel (CP) and Brewers dried grain (BDG). Methodology: Eighteen West African Dwarf (WAD) goats were used for the study. The goats were randomly assigned to six dietary treatments namely; T1 (100% Elephant grass); T2 (60% Elephant grass + 0% CP + 40% BDG); T3 (60% Elephant grass + 10% CP + 30% BDG); T4 (60% Elephant grass + 20% CP + 20% BDG); T5 (60% Elephant grass + 30% CP + 10% BDG) and T6 (60% Elephant grass + 40% CP + 0% BDG) in a completely randomized design. Findings: Data collected revealed significant difference (p<0.05) in all the chemical composition parameters except for ether extract. The highest DM (51.80%), CP (18.20%), and EE (3.85%) were observed among animals exposed to T2 diet, NDF (64.25%) and ADF (32.33%) were observed among animals in diet T1. There was no significant differences (p>0.05) in all the nutrient digestibility parameters except for the crude protein and acid detergent lignin. Animals fed T2 diet had the highest DM (70.76%) and CP digestibility (76.16%), while highest NDF (65.39%) and ADL (59.51%) were recorded in animals fed T1. There were significant difference (p>0.05) among the nitrogen utilization variables observed except feacal and urinary nitrogen output. Goats fed T2 recorded the highest nitrogen retention (95.55%). Recommendation: It can be recommended that Elephant grass ensiled with cassava peel and brewers dried grain can be used as potential sources of supplementing ruminant feeding most especially during the dry season as it enhanced nutrient digestibility and utilization

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“…However, N-NH 3 values are within normal ranges for obtaining good quality silage. N-NH 3 values less than 10% were found by Silva et al (2014b) in elephant grass silage with added wheat bran, and they reported that such results may be indicative of the efficiency of the fermentation process.…”

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Fermentation characteristics and nutritional quality of elephant grass silage added the buriti fruit peel

Ferreira

Bezerra

Marques

et al. 2017

SCA

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The objective of this research was to evaluated the inclusion of buriti fruit peel as additive on the fermentation profile, losses, chemical composition and degradability of elephant grass silage. We used a completely randomized design with five levels of buriti fruit peel (0, 50, 100, 200 and 400 g kg -1 ). The silos were opened after 28 days of storage. In situ degradability monitoring was conducted using a split-plot design in which four animals represented the blocks and silage supplemented with five levels of buriti fruit peel represented the treatments. The use of the additive in elephant silage increased dry matter (DM) (P < 0.001), ether extract (EE) (P < 0.001), ash (P < 0.001), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) (P < 0.001) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) (P= 0.0000). The pH (P= 0.0000), N-NH 3 (P = 0.024) and there was a decrease in gas losses (P < 0.001), effluent losses and dry matter recovery (P = 0.218) not were influenced by the addition of buriti fruit peel. The inclusion of buriti fruit peel linearly reduced the ruminal degradability DM of soluble fraction (a) (P < 0.001) and potentially degradable insoluble fraction (b) (P < 0.001). The DM content increase with the addition of the buriti fruit peel to the elephant grass silage promotes improvements in the fermentation process, reduces losses of nutrients and ruminal disappearance of dry matter and does not significantly change the chemical composition with the inclusion of 166.7 g kg -1 of the buriti fruit peel. Key words: Ammonia nitrogen. By-product. Forage conservation. In situ degradation. pH. ResumoO objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar a inclusão de cascas de frutos de buriti como aditivo no perfil de fermentação, perdas, composição química e degradabilidade da silagem de capim-elefante. Foi utilizado um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com cinco níveis de cascas de frutos de buriti (0, 50, 100, 200 e 400 g kg -1 buriti representou os tratamentos. A utilização do aditivo na silagem de capim elefante aumentou a matéria seca (MS) (P < 0,001), extrato etéreo (EE) (P < 0,001), cinzas (P < 0,001), fibra em detergente neutro (FDN) (P < 0,001) e fibra em detergente ácido (FDA) (P < 0,001). O pH (P < 0,001), N-NH3 (P = 0,024) e a redução das perdas por gases (P < 0,0001), perdas por efluentes e a recuperação de matéria seca (P = 0,218) não foram influenciados pela adição de cascas de frutos de buriti. A inclusão de cascas de frutos de buriti reduziu linearmente a degradabilidade ruminal da MS da fração solúvel (a) (P < 0,001) e a fração potencialmente degradável insolúvel (b) (P < 0,001). A correção do teor de matéria seca por meio da adição de cascas de frutos de buriti à silagem de capim-elefante promove melhorias no processo de fermentação, reduz as perdas de nutrientes e desaparecimento ruminal da matéria seca e não altera significativamente a composição química com a inclusão de 166,7 g kg -1 de cascas de frutos do buriti. Palavras-chave: Conservação de forragem. Co-produto. Degradação in situ. Nitrogênio amoniacal. pH.

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Elephant grass ensiled with wheat bran compared with corn silage in diets for lactating goats

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Nutritive Value and Preference of Guinea-Grass Ensiled with or without Additive by West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats

Nutritive Value and Preference of Guinea-Grass Ensiled with or without Additive by West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats

Nutrient Digestibility Coefficient of West African Dwarf Goat Fed Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) Ensiled with Varying Levels of Cassava Peel and Brewers Dried Grain.

Fermentation characteristics and nutritional quality of elephant grass silage added the buriti fruit peel

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