Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep

Water-use efficient sorghum (7) and pearl millet (5) forages were compared with reference maize forage as silage tested with Nellore Brown sheep. Mean silage organic matter intake was 352, 297 and 137g!d in maize, sorghum and pearl millet silage, respectively Current pearl millet forage cultivar...

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Autores principales: Vinutha, K.S., Khan, A.A., Prakasham, R.S., Srinivas Raol, P., Ravi, D., Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V., Ramana Reddy, Y., Blümmel, Michael
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73386
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author Vinutha, K.S.
Khan, A.A.
Prakasham, R.S.
Srinivas Raol, P.
Ravi, D.
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Ramana Reddy, Y.
Blümmel, Michael
author_browse Blümmel, Michael
Khan, A.A.
Prakasham, R.S.
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Ramana Reddy, Y.
Ravi, D.
Srinivas Raol, P.
Vinutha, K.S.
author_facet Vinutha, K.S.
Khan, A.A.
Prakasham, R.S.
Srinivas Raol, P.
Ravi, D.
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Ramana Reddy, Y.
Blümmel, Michael
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description Water-use efficient sorghum (7) and pearl millet (5) forages were compared with reference maize forage as silage tested with Nellore Brown sheep. Mean silage organic matter intake was 352, 297 and 137g!d in maize, sorghum and pearl millet silage, respectively Current pearl millet forage cultivars do not match maize forage in terms of fodder quality Of the 7 sorghum cultivars several were on par with maize though the cultivar dependent variation in intake was huge (254 to 343g!d). Anti-nutritive factors associated with sorghum like dhurrin were undetectable in the silages, although present in the fresh forage. A routine laboratory trait does not seem to describe sorghum and pearl millet forages adequately More research is required to understand the true nutritional potential of sorghum and in particular pearl millet forages. Dissemination of these forages based on only biomass yield should be discouraged.
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spelling CGSpace733862025-11-04T16:26:38Z Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep Vinutha, K.S. Khan, A.A. Prakasham, R.S. Srinivas Raol, P. Ravi, D. Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V. Ramana Reddy, Y. Blümmel, Michael forage animal feeding crops sheep livestock feeds Water-use efficient sorghum (7) and pearl millet (5) forages were compared with reference maize forage as silage tested with Nellore Brown sheep. Mean silage organic matter intake was 352, 297 and 137g!d in maize, sorghum and pearl millet silage, respectively Current pearl millet forage cultivars do not match maize forage in terms of fodder quality Of the 7 sorghum cultivars several were on par with maize though the cultivar dependent variation in intake was huge (254 to 343g!d). Anti-nutritive factors associated with sorghum like dhurrin were undetectable in the silages, although present in the fresh forage. A routine laboratory trait does not seem to describe sorghum and pearl millet forages adequately More research is required to understand the true nutritional potential of sorghum and in particular pearl millet forages. Dissemination of these forages based on only biomass yield should be discouraged. 2016-02-06 2016-05-12T15:53:05Z 2016-05-12T15:53:05Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73386 en Open Access application/pdf Vinutha, K.S., Khan, A.A., Prakasham, R.S., Srinivas Raol, P., Ravi, D., Prasad, K.V.S.V., Ramana Reddy, Y. and Blummel, M. 2016. Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep. Paper Presented at Animal Nutrition Society of India Conference, Karnal, India, 6-8 February 2016.
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Vinutha, K.S.
Khan, A.A.
Prakasham, R.S.
Srinivas Raol, P.
Ravi, D.
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Ramana Reddy, Y.
Blümmel, Michael
Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title_full Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title_fullStr Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title_full_unstemmed Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title_short Comparisons of ensiled maize, sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
title_sort comparisons of ensiled maize sorghum and pearl millet forages fed to sheep
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animal feeding
crops
sheep
livestock
feeds
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73386
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