The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw

This study was aimed at determining the effects of feeding an energy source on nitrogen utilization by Ethiopian Menz rams. Intake, digestibility, teff straw degradation, rumen pH and ammonia-nitrogen, nitrogen balance and purine derivatives were measured in the digestibility and nylon bag studies....

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Main Authors: Bonsi, M.L.K., Osuji, P.O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 1997
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29186
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author Bonsi, M.L.K.
Osuji, P.O.
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description This study was aimed at determining the effects of feeding an energy source on nitrogen utilization by Ethiopian Menz rams. Intake, digestibility, teff straw degradation, rumen pH and ammonia-nitrogen, nitrogen balance and purine derivatives were measured in the digestibility and nylon bag studies. All experimental sheep were offered teff straw basal diet ad libitum (unrestricted). With the exception of sheep fed the control diet, others received diets supplemented with either cottonseed cake (19.56), sundried sesbania and sundried leucaena (22 g dry matter kg to the square root of -0.75 weight day to the square root of -1) in addition to 45.5 g dry matter head to the square root of -1 day to the square root of -1 crushed maize. The supplemented diets improved (P<0.05) the dry and organic matter intake of teff straw, total feed intakes and digestibilities, nitrogen utilization, microbial protein synthesis, the rumen pH and ammonia nitrogen. While the intakes of teff straw and total feed were higher (P<0.05) for sheep fed the foliage than cottonseed cake diets, the opposite trend was recorded for nitrogen balance. Total purine derivatives and microbial N values were however similar (P>0.05). Cottonseed cake and sesbania seem to combine better with maize in terms of roughahge intake and nitrogen utilization, respectively than with leucaena. The need to feed supplemented diets to ruminants was confirmed in this study.
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spelling CGSpace291862024-05-01T08:16:57Z The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw Bonsi, M.L.K. Osuji, P.O. animal feeding cottonseed cake sesbania leucaena maize supplements eragrostis teff straw chemical composition digestibility feed intake This study was aimed at determining the effects of feeding an energy source on nitrogen utilization by Ethiopian Menz rams. Intake, digestibility, teff straw degradation, rumen pH and ammonia-nitrogen, nitrogen balance and purine derivatives were measured in the digestibility and nylon bag studies. All experimental sheep were offered teff straw basal diet ad libitum (unrestricted). With the exception of sheep fed the control diet, others received diets supplemented with either cottonseed cake (19.56), sundried sesbania and sundried leucaena (22 g dry matter kg to the square root of -0.75 weight day to the square root of -1) in addition to 45.5 g dry matter head to the square root of -1 day to the square root of -1 crushed maize. The supplemented diets improved (P<0.05) the dry and organic matter intake of teff straw, total feed intakes and digestibilities, nitrogen utilization, microbial protein synthesis, the rumen pH and ammonia nitrogen. While the intakes of teff straw and total feed were higher (P<0.05) for sheep fed the foliage than cottonseed cake diets, the opposite trend was recorded for nitrogen balance. Total purine derivatives and microbial N values were however similar (P>0.05). Cottonseed cake and sesbania seem to combine better with maize in terms of roughahge intake and nitrogen utilization, respectively than with leucaena. The need to feed supplemented diets to ruminants was confirmed in this study. 1997-11 2013-06-11T09:22:43Z 2013-06-11T09:22:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29186 en Limited Access Elsevier Livestock Production Science;51(1-3): 173-181
spellingShingle animal feeding
cottonseed cake
sesbania
leucaena
maize
supplements
eragrostis teff
straw
chemical composition
digestibility
feed intake
Bonsi, M.L.K.
Osuji, P.O.
The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title_full The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title_fullStr The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title_full_unstemmed The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title_short The effect of feeding cottonseed cake, sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
title_sort effect of feeding cottonseed cake sesbania or leucaena with crushed maize as supplement to teff straw
topic animal feeding
cottonseed cake
sesbania
leucaena
maize
supplements
eragrostis teff
straw
chemical composition
digestibility
feed intake
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29186
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