Valuation sugar cane silage through digestibility in sheep

Authors

  • Edison Valvasori Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Marcus Antonio Zanetti Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Pirassununga, SP
  • Laércio Melotti Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos, Pirassununga, SP
  • Paulo Roberto Curi Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Botucatu, SP

Keywords:

sheep, digestibility, silage, sugar cane, soybean meal, urea

Abstract

Sixteen castrated male sheep were used in a completely randomized design to evaluate apparent digestibility of sugar cane silage supplemented with corn, soybean meal and urea at 0, 1/9, 2/3 and 1/3 level of total N diets. Sheep were fed 85% sugar cane silage plus 15%concentrate, where diets had 9% crude protein. Digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fiber, ether extract, nitrogen free extract and total digestible nutrients were not significative (p > 0,05) with average of 57.59, 59.61, 71.47, 44.92, 61.96, 64.37 and 59.78%, respectively. Inclusion of urea to replace soybean meal reduced the diets cost.

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Published

2013-12-05

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Section

FORAGE CROPS AND PASTURES

How to Cite

Valuation sugar cane silage through digestibility in sheep. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 54(1), 75-79. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/966

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