Intake, digestion and microbial protein synthesis in sheep on hay supplemented with prickly pear cactus [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.] with or without groundnut meal

Misra, A. K.; Mishra, A. S.; Tripathi, Manoj Kumar; Chaturvedi, O. H.; Vaithiyanathan, S.; Prasad, Rajendra; Jakhmola, R.C.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.02.014

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“…It is assumed that ruminal pH was not altered by the inclusion of cactus pear forage in the diet. Misra et al (2006) verified this when they found ruminal pH at around 7.0 when cactus pear was included in the diet of sheep. Ben Salem & Smith (2008) also reported that the high content of sugars in cactus pear did not affect ruminal fermentation in sheep.…”

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Feeding behavior and performance of sheep fed cactus pear in substitution of corn

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-The objective of this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior and performance of Santa Ines sheep subjected to different levels of substitution of corn by cactus pear in the diet. Forty-five non-castrated male Santa Inês sheep with initial live weight of 27.50±0.48 kg were distributed in a completely randomized design with five treatments (0, 70, 140, 210 and 280 g/kg DM) and nine replicates. Dry matter and neutral detergent fiber intakes showed quadratic behavior. Times spent eating, ruminating and total ruminating chews showed increasing linear behavior, while the idle time decreased with increasing amounts of dietary cactus. The feeding efficiency (g DM/h) increased linearly, while differences in rumination efficiency of the DM (g DM/h); NDF intake efficiency (g NDF/h) and NDF rumination efficiency (g NDF/h) were not significant. There was no significant effect for the number of ruminated boli and number of ruminating chews per bolus. The number of chews per day increased linearly. These results indicate that cactus pear in substitution of corn had no influence on the feeding behavior of feedlot sheep.

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“…In nutritional terms, cactus pear is rich in energy, minerals and vitamin A (Felker, 2001;Tegegne, 2003;Misra et al, 2006) and presents high digestibility and effective degradability rates of dry matter, crude protein and neutral detergent fiber, as reported by Teixeira et al (1999), Menezes et al (2010) and Costa et al (2012).…”

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“…Although the diets were isoproteic, the diets with a lower forage percentage may have led to higher synthesis of microbial protein and, consequently, greater muscle tissue production in the lambs, perhaps due to the varying proportions of other compounds, which resulted in different slaughter ages (Misra et al, 2006). Generally, diets with higher forage contents yield higher acetic acid levels in the rumen environment compared with diets that contain higher concentrate percentages.…”

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Physicochemical characteristics and fatty acid profile of meat from lambs with different genotypes and diets

Costa

Santos²,

Queiroga

et al. 2015

R. Bras. Zootec.

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-The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and fatty acid profile of meat from Santa Inês, Dorper × Santa Inês, and undefined-breed lambs finished in a feedlot system according to two forage:concentrate ratios (50:50 and 20:80) in the diet. Overall, 54 non-castrated animals were used (with an average initial weight of 23±1.5 kg at 150 days old) and were slaughtered when they reached 36 kg of live weight or 63 days of confinement. Diets with high concentrate levels favored meat production with higher protein content. Among the saturated fatty acids, only heptadecanoic (C17:0) and arachidic acids (C20:0) differed among the treatments. The amount of oleic acid detected in the meat ranged from 49.2 to 51.9 g/100 g, making this one the most representative fatty acids. Regardless of the diet and genotype, the unsaturated fatty acid and desirable fatty acid levels in the lamb meat characterize it as of satisfactory quality for the consumer market.

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“…There are other reports that fresh cactus pear inclusion in ruminant rations reduced DMI (Sirohi et al, 1997;Misra et al, 2006). However, when dehydrated cactus pear was included i n rations the DMI w a s not adversely affected (Veras et al, 2005).…”

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Evaluation of Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) as Forage in a High Concentrate Total Mixed Ration on Finishing Lambs

Pinos-Rodríguez

Velásquez-Blanco

Muñoz

et al. 2007

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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Pinos-Rodriguez, J.M., Velasquez-Blanco, J.C., Gonzalez-Muiioz, S.S., Garcia-Lbpez, J.C., Aguirre-Rivera, J.R. and Barcena, R. 2007. Evaluation of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) as forage in a high concentrate total mixed ration on finishing lambs. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 32: 161-164. A study was conducted to compare two total mixed rations with similar level of NDF using cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) or alfalfa as forages, in a high level concentrate rations on (i) growth performance in finishing lambs, (ii) nutrients in vivo digestibility and N a n d energy balance and (iii) ruminal pH and volatile fatty acid (VFA). The high moisture level of cactus pear limited its incorporation in the ration

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Intake, digestion and microbial protein synthesis in sheep on hay supplemented with prickly pear cactus [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.] with or without groundnut meal

Cited by 40 publications

References 30 publications

Feeding behavior and performance of sheep fed cactus pear in substitution of corn

Feeding behavior and performance of sheep fed cactus pear in substitution of corn

Physicochemical characteristics and fatty acid profile of meat from lambs with different genotypes and diets

Evaluation of Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) as Forage in a High Concentrate Total Mixed Ration on Finishing Lambs

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