Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum

Compares voluntary feed intake and apparent dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and crude fibre (CF) digestibility coefficients of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum schum) whole-plant and leaf and stem fractions by West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats. Napier grass was cut after 6 weeks of regr...

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Autores principales: Larbi, Asamoah, Fianu, F.K., Akude, F.K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 1991
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29633
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Fianu, F.K.
Akude, F.K.
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description Compares voluntary feed intake and apparent dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and crude fibre (CF) digestibility coefficients of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum schum) whole-plant and leaf and stem fractions by West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats. Napier grass was cut after 6 weeks of regrowth, oven dried. Herbage was hand separated. Sheep and goats consumed more leaf than whole plant and stem. Daily intake by sheep fed whole plant was higher than fed stem but intake by goats fed whole plant and stem was not. Sheep consumed more leaf and whole-plant than goats. However goats digested crude protein & crude fibre more efficiently than shee Overall DM digestibility of stem was higher than that of leaf and whole-plant.
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spelling CGSpace296332024-04-25T06:00:43Z Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum Larbi, Asamoah Fianu, F.K. Akude, F.K. pennisetum purpureum sheep goats feed intake digestibility chemical composition hay Compares voluntary feed intake and apparent dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and crude fibre (CF) digestibility coefficients of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum schum) whole-plant and leaf and stem fractions by West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats. Napier grass was cut after 6 weeks of regrowth, oven dried. Herbage was hand separated. Sheep and goats consumed more leaf than whole plant and stem. Daily intake by sheep fed whole plant was higher than fed stem but intake by goats fed whole plant and stem was not. Sheep consumed more leaf and whole-plant than goats. However goats digested crude protein & crude fibre more efficiently than shee Overall DM digestibility of stem was higher than that of leaf and whole-plant. 1991-12 2013-06-11T09:24:16Z 2013-06-11T09:24:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29633 en Limited Access Elsevier Small Ruminant Research;6(3):217-221
spellingShingle pennisetum purpureum
sheep
goats
feed intake
digestibility
chemical composition
hay
Larbi, Asamoah
Fianu, F.K.
Akude, F.K.
Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title_full Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title_fullStr Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title_full_unstemmed Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title_short Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
title_sort voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole plant leaf and stem fractions of pennisetum purpureum schum
topic pennisetum purpureum
sheep
goats
feed intake
digestibility
chemical composition
hay
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29633
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