Effects of soybean silage on feeding behavior, performance, and meat quality of lambs

Protes, Verena Micheletti; Costa, Ciniro; Pariz, Cristiano Magalhães; Castilhos, André Michel de; Meirelles, Paulo Roberto de Lima; Longhini, Vanessa Zirondi; Roça, R. O.; Ricardo, H. A.; Melo, Verônica F.P.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.05.005

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“…The carcass traits were not significantly different among the four treatments (Table 5). This is in agreement with the present study, which did not observe any difference in the carcass morphometric measurement among the different diets [35] and oil seed meal diet [23].…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Some studies about diet nutrition with meat quality were conducted in sheep [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. Protes et al (2018) reported the decreased shear force of samples from lambs fed with soybean silage compared to sorghum. The finding indicated that the PH of meat could be a good indicator of pork quality and related to factors influencing the pork eating quality [46].…”

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Effects of Diets Containing Finger Millet Straw and Corn Straw on Growth Performance, Plasma Metabolites, Immune Capacity, and Carcass Traits in Fattening Lambs

Cui

Zhou

et al. 2020

Animals

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As the byproduct of finger millet, millet straw is a new forage resource of ruminants. The effect of the combined utilization of millet straw with corn straw on fattening lamb production is seldom reported. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different proportions of millet straw instead of corn straw on the growth performance, blood metabolites, immune response, meat yield, and quality of fattening lamb. Sixty-three-month-old healthy Small-Tailed Han sheep crossbred rams with an average initial weight of 19.28 ± 2.95 kg were randomly divided into four groups, with three replicates in each group and five lambs in each replicate. The replacement ratio of millet straw of each group (Group I, II, III, IV) was 0%, 25%, 35%, 50% at the first stage (the first two months) and 0%, 20%, 28%, 40% in the second period (final two months), respectively. The experiment lasted 4 months 10 days of the pre-feeding period. The results indicated that the body weight gain and average daily gain of group Ⅱ were significantly higher than those of group Ⅰ and group Ⅳ (p < 0.05). The concentration of total protein in group Ⅳ was significantly increased compared to those of the other three groups at the second stage (p < 0.05), which proved that the protein synthesis metabolism capacity was improved with the addition of millet straw. The concentration of the plasma glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase of lambs was significantly decreased in group Ⅱ (p < 0.05). The combination of millet straw and corn straw had no impact on the glucose, total cholesterol, and triglycerides metabolism (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in the pre-slaughter weight, carcass weight, dressing percentage, loin-eye area, and GR value among the four groups (p > 0.05). Furthermore, the immune response and meat quality were not impacted by the different proportions of millet and corn forage diets. The results showed that the combined utilization of millet straw with corn straw could improve the blood biochemistry metabolism capability of fattening lambs. The replacement of 50% of corn straw with millet straw could improve the growth performance and be an application in fattening lamb production.

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Effects of Diets Containing Finger Millet Straw and Corn Straw on Growth Performance, Plasma Metabolites, Immune Capacity, and Carcass Traits in Fattening Lambs

Cui

Zhou

et al. 2020

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“…Reséndiz et al (2013) evaluated a whole food diet for sheep with 30% alfalfa, and found a greater DMI (36%), this difference is attributed to the fact that the lambs used had higher LW (22.1 vs 15.51 kg) when compared to the lambs used in the present study. On the other hand, Protes et al (2018) did not find differences in DMI in lambs fed with silage made from soybean and sorghum fodder. However, Lima et al (2013) reported higher DM intake in lambs fed with silage made from soybean and sugarcane tips.…”

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Productive behavior of sheep fed with soy (Glycine max L.) forage

Torres-Salado¹,

García-Raymundo²,

Maldonado-Peralta³

et al. 2021

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Objective: To evaluate the productive behavior of Creole sheep in the tropics fed a whole food diet that includes soybean (FS, Glycine max) fodder at different phenological stages. Methodology: The treatments T1: control, T2: 30% (SF-56 d), T3: 30% (SF-68 d), T4: 30% (SF-85 d), T5: 30% (SF-110 d) were assigned randomly to 30 male Creole sheep (15.51±1.6 kg LW). The experiment lasted 56 d. The variables evaluated were: dry matter consumption (DMC), daily weight gain (DWG) and feed conversion (FC). The experimental design wascompletely randomized and the averages of the treatments were compared using the Tukey test. Results: Differences (p<0.05) were found in DMC, DWG and FC. The DMC was lower (p<0.05) in the control group. The DWG was higher in the animals that consumed soybean fodder compared to the control group (0.205 vs 0.121 kg d-1). The FC decreased (p<0.05) 51% in T3 (SF 68 d), with respect to the control group. Study Limitations: The nutrient contribution of soybean fodder is based on the phenological stage of the plant. Likewise, producers in the tropical region have scarce knowledge about how to incorporate it in the feeding of small ruminants. Conclusions: The inclusion of 30% of soybean fodder at 68 d of age in a whole food diet improves the productive performance of the lambs because it increases daily weight gain and decreases feed conversion.

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“…Therefore, we hypothesized that microbial inoculant or chitosan addition in WPSS reduces silage losses, increases lactic acid and DM degradation of silages. Protes et al (2018) evaluated wholeplant soybean silage in replacement to sorghum silage. Soybean silage provides the same animal performance, carcass traits, and economic benefit compared with the sorghum silage diet.…”

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Whole-plant soybean ensiling with chitosan and homolactic microbial inoculant: fermentative profile, aerobic stability, and sheep intake and digestibility

Gandra

Valle

Pause

et al. 2022

Rev. bras. saúde prod. anim.

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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of chitosan and homolactic microbial inoculant on fermentative losses, chemical composition, fermentative profile, and aerobic stability of whole-plant soybean silage (WPSS). Additionally, it was evaluated nutrients intake and digestibility of sheep fed increasing levels of WPSS. Thirty experimental silos were randomly allocated to one of the following treatments: 1) CON: control, WPSS without additives; 2) LPPA: WPSS with Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus acidilactici; and 3) CHI: chitosan, WPSS with 5 g/kg of chitosan. Ten male sheep were used to evaluate increasing dietary levels of WPSS: 0, 200, 400, 600, and 800 g/kg of diet dry matter (DM). Additives increased silage lactic acid bacteria and decreased the count of mold and yeast, gas, and total losses. Silages treated with additives had lower pH, NH3-N, and ethanol concentrations and higher lactic and propionic acids relative to CON. LPPA-treated silos showed higher organic matter and non-fiber carbohydrates content than CHI-ones. Additives increased the aerobic stability of WPSS. The addition of WPSS in sheep diets linearly increased nutrients intake and digestibility. Chitosan and LPPA improve WPSS fermentation, aerobic stability, and nutritional value. The WPSS in substitution to Cynodon hay increases sheep feed intake and nutrients digestibility.

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Effects of soybean silage on feeding behavior, performance, and meat quality of lambs

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

Effects of Diets Containing Finger Millet Straw and Corn Straw on Growth Performance, Plasma Metabolites, Immune Capacity, and Carcass Traits in Fattening Lambs

Effects of Diets Containing Finger Millet Straw and Corn Straw on Growth Performance, Plasma Metabolites, Immune Capacity, and Carcass Traits in Fattening Lambs

Productive behavior of sheep fed with soy (Glycine max L.) forage

Whole-plant soybean ensiling with chitosan and homolactic microbial inoculant: fermentative profile, aerobic stability, and sheep intake and digestibility

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