Effect of Inclusion of <i>Albizia saman</i> Pods in the Diet on the Performances of Dairy Cows

Abstract

Ruminants can achieve high productivity when the diet includes concentrates; however these are often expensive due to competition with humans and mono-gastric animals. This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of partial inclusion of Albizia saman pods (ASP) in a Commercial Concentrate (CC) on the performances of dairy cows. Twelve cross-bred Holstein Friesian cows (472±13 kg) in the 12th week of lactation were randomly allocated into four treatment groups with three replicates accoding to the completely randomized design. The four treatments were control diet-CD [35% urea-treated-rice-straw (URS; 79g crude protein (CP)/ kg dry matter (DM)) and 65% CC (contained 40% cottonseed cake, 35% broken chickpea and 25% chickpea husk on an as fed basis and provided 200g CP/kg DM)], D1[35% URS + 60% CC + 5% ASP (189g CP/kg DM)], D2 (35% URS +55% CC + 10% ASP) and D3 (35% URS + 50% CC + 15% ASP). Cows were fed treatments for 60 days. Dry matter intake was significantly higher (p<0.05) for cows in the D3 treatment compared with the other three treatments, however there were no significant differences in the DM digestibility of treatments. Nitrogen intake and faecal-nitrogen of cows offered the D3 treatment were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of cows offered the other three treatments. In contrast urine-nitrogen and nitrogen utilization were not significantly different among the treatments. The average milk yield (4% fat-corrected-milk) increased as the percentage of ASP was increased in the diets, however the composition of milk did not differ significantly between treatments. The costs of TDN/kg and per kg of milk was highest for the CD treatment and the lowest was found in D3 treatment (p<0.05). These results suggest that Albizia saman pods could be replace up to 15% of the commercial concentrate fed to lactating Holstein Friesian cross-bred cows without detrimental effects.

The growth performance and nutrient digestibility of pigs fed rain tree (Albizia saman) pods as a replacement for maize

“…The dry matter, proximate, metabolic energy (ME) and selected anti-nutrients compositions of sun-dried ripe rain tree pods are presented in Table 2. Dried pods had a dry matter (DM) content of 95.10%, a value similar to that reported by Raja et al (2017) but higher than values ranging between 81.73 and 85.50 reported by Hosamani et al (2005), Esquivel-Mimenza et al (2014 and Aung et al (2016). The high level of DM obtained could be explained by the intensity of drying, which was done to allow for the ease of milling, handling and storage of the pods.…”

“…Rain trees (Albizia saman) are grown along roadsides and gardens as avenue trees, in parks for shade and ornamentals, and are also planted as pasture trees (Flores, 2002;Hosamani et al, 2005;Aung et al, 2016). They are fast-growing, easy to cultivate (Idowu et al, 2006) and are cultivated and/or naturalized throughout the tropics (Durr, 2001;Staples and Elevitch, 2006).…”

Feeding pineapple waste silage as roughage source improved the nutrient intakes, energy status and growth performances of growing Myanmar local cattle

“…Gao and Oba [ 16 ] stated that the feed intake of the dairy cow was enhanced by a high NFC and TDN diet. Aung et al [ 17 ] reported that dietary inclusion of Albizia saman pods improved the DMI and nutrient intake of lactating dairy cows because of its higher NFC and energy density.…”

Effects of Antidesma thwaitesianum Muell. Arg. pomace as a source of plant secondary compounds on digestibility, rumen environment, hematology, and milk production in dairy cows

“…Milk yield and compositions were not influenced by MPM supplementation, which agreed with Kanpakdee and Wanapat (2008) with lower dietary inclusions of mangosteen peel (158 g CT/kg and 98 g SP/kg) at 200 g/head/day. Aung, Kyawt, Htun, Mu, and Aung (2016) who reported that inclusion of Albizia saman pods (19 g tannins/ kg) at 5%-15% in the diets did not affect milk production and milk compositions in dairy cows. In contrast, Anantasook et al (2015) reported that supplementation of Samanea saman (88 g CT/kg and 141 g SP/kg) at 60 g/kg increased milk yield and milk protein in dairy cows.…”