10 research outputs found
Goat feeding practices and options for improvement in six villages in South-Western Nigeria.
Nutrição mineral de Andropogon gayanus Kunth var. bisquamulatus (Hochst) Hack. III. nível critico de fósforo
Effect of added cassava root meal, ZnO and their interaction on the production and quality of eggs from laying hens
Valor nutricional de híbridos de sorgo com capim-sudão em comparação ao de outros volumosos utilizados no período de baixa disponibilidade das pastagens Nutritional value of sorghum-sudangrass hybrids compared to other roughage sources used in the period of low availability of pastures
<abstract language="eng">The objective of this study was to compare the nutritional value of sorghum-sudangrass hybrids to roughages collected in differed pastures, reserves of forage for using in cutting regime and conserved forage as hays or silages. The sorghum-sudangrass hybrids AG2501C and BRS800 showed similar bromatological composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD). Compared to other roughages, theses hybrids presented a higher protein level and intermediary values of cell wall contents. The coefficients of IVDMD observed for sorghum-sudangrass hybrids were not statistically different to the results of corn silage, elephantgrass and sugarcane managed in cutting regime. However, IVDMD of those hybrids was significantly higher than of coast-cross and tifton 85 hays, sorghum silage and differed pastures of Brachiaria brizantha and signal grass. The results indicated that sorghum-sudangrass hybrids may be used as roughage of high nutritional value during the drought