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Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour
Joint Authors
de Jesus Ferreira, Daniele
de Moura Zanine, Anderson
Nunes Parente, Henrique
Gerude Neto, Osman José de Aguiar
Parente, Michelle de Oliveira Maia
Alves, Arnaud Azevedo
Santos, Paull Andrews Carvalho dos
Moreira Filho, Miguel Arcanjo
Bezerra, Leilson Rocha
Gomes, Ruan Mourão da Silva
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-11-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect on intake, apparent digestibility, and ruminal constituents of sheep in response to the addition of increasing levels of babassu mesocarp flour (BMF) to the diet.
Twenty crossbred sheep (29.17±2.23 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design.
Lambs were confined for 21 days, with 16 days for diet adaptation and 5 days for data collection, in which they were fed an isonitrogenous diet (16.5±0.2 CP, DM basis) containing 70% of concentrate and 30% (DM basis) of Tifton 85 hay.
Increasing levels of BMF were 0, 10, 20, and 30% (DM basis).
There was a quadratic effect (P<0.05) on the DM intake, nutrients intake, and digestibility of CP and NFC.
The digestibility of DM, OM, TC, and NDF decreased linearly, while EE digestibility increased linearly with increasing levels of BMF.
The high NDF content presented in the chemical composition of the babassu mesocarp flour ranked the same as fibrous food, which can limit the inclusion in the diet of high production animals.
So, babassu mesocarp flour is an alternative for energy source in lambs feed and can be added at levels up to 10%.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gerude Neto, Osman José de Aguiar& Parente, Michelle de Oliveira Maia& Nunes Parente, Henrique& Alves, Arnaud Azevedo& Santos, Paull Andrews Carvalho dos& Moreira Filho, Miguel Arcanjo…[et al.]. 2016. Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120631
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gerude Neto, Osman José de Aguiar…[et al.]. Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour. The Scientific World Journal No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120631
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gerude Neto, Osman José de Aguiar& Parente, Michelle de Oliveira Maia& Nunes Parente, Henrique& Alves, Arnaud Azevedo& Santos, Paull Andrews Carvalho dos& Moreira Filho, Miguel Arcanjo…[et al.]. Intake, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility, and Ruminal Constituents of Crossbred Dorper × Santa Inês Sheep Fed Diets with Babassu Mesocarp Flour. The Scientific World Journal. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120631
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1120631