Nutrient Intake and Digestibility of Fresh, Ensiled and Pelleted Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Frond by Goats

Dahlan, I.; Islam, M.; Rajion, Mohamed Ali

doi:10.5713/ajas.2000.1407

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“…These results indicate that OPF is low-quality roughage in terms of BW gain. This result is supported by Dahlan et al (2000) who reported that OPF is low in voluntary intake and that it can only provide the required amount of energy and protein for maintenance. In this study, however, dietary soya waste improved the intake of OPF (3.4% of BW) in the OPF group, resulting to positive BW gain (30.8 g/d).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The Ca content of soya waste was lower compared to that reported by Dong et al (2005). OPF in the present study has higher DM and CP contents than that reported by Dahlan et al (2000), which might be due to the differences in age of plants, harvesting time and processing methods.…”

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“…Huge quantities of soya waste are produced worldwide. The utilization of OPF and soya waste in ruminant feeding has been evaluated (Dahlan et al 2000;Kim et al 2012). Means in the same row having different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).…”

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“…It is a residue from the harvesting and pruning management of oil palm fruit bunches. However, OPF contains low protein and it needs protein supplementation to enhance the growth rates of ruminants that are based on the OPF diet (Dahlan et al 2000). Nasir et al (1997) observes that OPF silage alone does not support the maintenance requirement of milking goats due to low intake.…”

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“…Nasir et al (1997) observes that OPF silage alone does not support the maintenance requirement of milking goats due to low intake. Dahlan et al (2000) reports that OPF can efficiently be used as a roughage source when used together with concentrate supplement. However, additional studies need to be carried out to improve the intake of OPF using different techniques of processing and supplementation.…”

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Feed intake and growth performance of goats fed with Napier grass and oil palm frond supplemented with soya waste

Rahman

Abdullah

Khadijah

et al. 2014

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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The effect of Napier grass and oil palm frond (OPF) supplemented with soya waste on the intake and growth performance of goats was evaluated. Twelve female cross-bred goats (Boer × local) were divided into three groups and randomly assigned to three experimental diets: (1) Napier grass ad libitum (NG), (2) OPF ad libitum (OPF) and (3) Napier grass ad libitum+ OPF ad libitum (NG-OPF). All goats in each group received soya waste at the rate of 1.3% of their body weight (BW). Dry matter intake per kg unit of BW was higher (P < 0.05) in the NG-OPF diet than in the NG or OPF diets. However, the crude protein intake per kg unit of BW was higher (P < 0.05) in the OPF or NG-OPF diet than in the NG diet. Animals on the OPF diet showed a lower (P < 0.05) daily BW gain followed by the animals on the NG and NG-OPF diets, but no variation (P > 0.05) was observed between the animals on the NG and NG-OPF diets. The results showed that the feeding of NG alone or NG-OPF combination to goats could lead to a better growth rate in these animals compared to feeding them with OPF alone.

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