Nutritive traits of sugar-cane ensiled with calcium hydroxide

Authors

  • Josiane Aparecida de Lima Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Forragicultura e Pastagem, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Eduardo Antonio da Cunha Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Zootecnia Diversificada, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Evaldo Ferrari Júnior Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Forragicultura e Pastagem, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Mauro Sartori Bueno Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Zootecnia Diversificada, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Fumiko Okamoto Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Polo Regional de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico dos Agronegócios do Centro Oeste, Unidade de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Gália, Gália, SP

Keywords:

feeding, intake, digestibility, fermentation, sheep

Abstract

Now-a-days, conservation of sugar cane as silage has been highlighted due some operational benefits. Nevertheless when ensiled without additives shows alcoholic fermentation with loss of nutritive value, due to yeast fermentation. Considering the hypothesis that the use of lime at ensiling sugar-cane may inhibit the development of yeast and decreases ethanol production and loss of silage nutritive value, the trial was developed aimed at evaluating some nutritive traits of sugar-cane ensiled with calcium hydroxide (hydrated lime). The treatments were T1-sugar cane ensiled with 0.25% of lime; T2 - sugar cane ensiled with 0.50% of lime; T3 - sugar cane ensiled with 0.75% of lime and T4 - sugar cane ensiled with 1 % of lime. All treatments were added 1% of urea at feeding time. Twenty sheep located on individual crates were used to evaluate the intake and digestibility through total feces collection on a randomized blocks design. The voluntary intake and the apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter, crude protein, and fiber in neutral detergent, fiber in acid detergent were evaluated. The addition of 1% of lime to the ensiling sugarcane caused a reduction of cellular wall, increase on dry matter intake and digestibility coefficients, which led to more desirable traits to the silage.

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Published

2007-04-22

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ANIMAL NUTRITION

How to Cite

Nutritive traits of sugar-cane ensiled with calcium hydroxide. (2007). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 64(4), 329-338. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1224

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