Intake, digestibility, performance, and carcass traits of rams provided with dehydrated passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) peel, as a substitute of Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.)

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Intake, digestibility, performance, and carcass traits of rams provided with dehydrated passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) peel, as a substitute of Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.), Small Ruminant Research (2015), http://dx.A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Highlights 1  Utilizing alternative feedstuff could be a good option to decrease feeding costs. 2  Passion fruit peel can be utilized as a good-quality roughage for ruminants. 3  We provided increasing levels of passion fruit peel as a substitute of Tifton 85. 4  Providing this residue at approximately 30% does not impair performance of rams. 5 Page 2 of 28 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 2 Intake, digestibility, performance, and carcass traits of rams provided with dehydrated 7 passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) peel, as a substitute of Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) 8 9 ABSTRACT 25Two experiments were performed to evaluate the substitution of Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp.) hay 26 by dehydrated passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) peel on intake, digestibility, nitrogen 27 balance, and carcass traits in Santa Inês x Dorper rams. In Experiment 1, 12 rams were penned in 28

Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and slaughter traits of male fattening lambs under different feeding standards

“…The average apparent digestibility of CP in our study (59.19%) was lower than that reported in ram lambs (64.10%) ( Xu et al., 2015 , Deng et al., 2012 ), but was similar to that reported (59.93%) in Santa Inês × Dorper ram lambs ( Sena et al., 2015 ). The discrepancy in the nutrient digestibility could be explained by the differences in the dietary concentrate to forage ratio in the current study (55:45, 30 to 40 kg BW; 65:35, 40 to 50 kg BW) and in the previous studies by Deng et al.…”

Passion fruit by-product as a substitute for Tifton 85 hay in diets for dairy heifers

“…However, this fact did not influence nutrient intake. Furthermore, Van Soest (1994) suggested that NDF intakes above 0.8 to 1.2% LW, as reported in this study, would limit DMI, Figueiredo, M. R. P. et al 1) is close to the 12.20% found by Azevedo et al (2011) but considerably higher than the 7.97% reported by Rogério (2005) and 4.97% reported by Sena et al (2015) and lower than the 20.60% found by Azevedo et al (2017). According to Ferrari et al (2004), the oil extracted from passion fruit seeds has an unsaturated fatty acid content greater than 87%.…”

“…Azevedo et al (2011) investigated the inclusion of fresh fruit by-product (pineapple, guava, papaya, mango and passion fruit) at different inclusion levels (10 and 30%) replacing corn in cattle diets and found an average DDM of 60.00% for both levels and average DCP values of 68.46 and 64.80%, respectively, which are lower than the present values. Sena et al (2015), in turn, found an average DCP of 59.90% in sheep diets in which 0, 20, 40 and 60% of Tifton bermuda grass hay had been substituted with dried PFB.…”

Valorization of byproducts from tropical fruits: Extraction methodologies, applications, environmental, and economic assessment: A review (Part 1: General overview of the byproducts, traditional biorefinery practices, and possible applications)

“…hay by dehydrated passion fruit peel was evaluated on intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance, and carcass traits in rams. The authors concluded that substitution at approximately 30% can be a good option for producers willing to reduce feeding costs, without impairing performance and carcass traits (Sena et al., ).…”