Behavior of sheep fed babassu cake (<i>Orbygnia speciosa</i>) as a substitution for elephant grass silage

Neta, Ernestina Ribeiro dos Santos; Alves, Kaliandra Souza; Mezzomo, Rafael; Gomes, Daiany Íris; Oliveira, Luís Rennan Sampaio; Carvalho, Francisco Fernando Ramos de; Luz, Janaina Barros; Lacerda, Natália Gomes; Bourdon, Venúcia de Diniella Santos

doi:10.1111/asj.12744

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“…According to Santos Neta et al (2017), the effectiveness of fibre in stimulating rumination is affected by the NDF content and particle size. These characteristics are associated with the ability of the feed to stimulate chewing and the release of substances in the saliva that act to maintain the pH and rumen health (HUMER et al, 2018).…”

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“…In the north and northeast of Brazil, babassu (Orbignya ssp.) is one of the principal plants used as a source of raw material in the manufacture of biodiesel, a process that generates many by-products, including babassu cake, that has the potential for use in ruminant feed (CASTRO et al, 2009;OLIVEIRA et al, 2014OLIVEIRA et al, ), 2009OLIVEIRA et al, 2014) and can replace an energy ingredient in the concentrate, such as millet (ALENCAR et al, 2015), and dietary bulk, such as elephant grass silage (LUZ et al, 2019;SANTOS NETA et al, 2017). In this respect, knowledge of the ingestive behaviour of animals that receive by-products as part of their diet can help in developing diets and in understanding the problems associated with reduced intake.…”

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Ingestive behaviour in heifers fed diets with increasing levels of babassu cake

Castro,

Borges,

Miotto

et al. 2024

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The aim of this study was to assess the eff ect of increasing levels of babassu cake on the ingestive behaviour of dairy heifers in confi nement. Twenty-four heifers with an average initial weight of 190.8 + 40.8 kg were fed diets containing babassu cake (0, 100, 200, 300 mg kg -1 (dry matter basis) as a substitute for sugar cane, in a completely randomised design with four treatments and six replications. Observations were made every fi ve minutes for 24 hours, assessing rumination, feeding, idle time, sleeping and other activities, in addition to the frequency with which the heifers searched for water, urinated and defecated. The time spent on feeding and rumination decreased by 0.1138% and 0.3106%, respectively, for every 10 g kg -1 substitute, while idle time increased by 0.3368% for every 10 g kg -1 substitute. The time spent sleeping and on other activities was not affected. Longer feeding times were seen whenever feed was offered, with more rumination activity at night. There was no effect on the specific activities (urination, defecation or drinking); however, urination and drinking were affected by the period, and was more frequent during the day.There was a linear increase in intake, and in feed and rumination efficiency for dry matter and neutral detergent fibre, with a reduction in total chewing time. Substituting babassu cake for sugar cane affects both the ingestive behaviour of dairy heifers and the rumination process as it does not stimulate chewing.

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Ingestive behaviour in heifers fed diets with increasing levels of babassu cake

Castro,

Borges,

Miotto

et al. 2024

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“…The few studies available with by-products (Cruz et al 2012;Santana et al 2014;Neta et al 2017) on ingestive behaviour has a variable results due to the different species of ruminant used, variable composition of by-product and different concentrations of addition in the diet.…”

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“…Sheep meat production has increased in Brazil, mainly because of its great productive potential and shorter finishing period compared to other ruminant animals (Neta et al 2017), which resulted in increased use of the feedlot system. Thus, the use of a larger quantity of concentrate to meet their nutritional requirements and reach the slaughter weight in a short period of time has been adopted, increasing the cost of production and the risks of metabolic disorders, caused in most of time, by improper feeding management (Ørskov 1986).…”

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Babassu mesocarp flour in diet of finishing lambs

Santos

Parente

et al. 2018

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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Twenty crossbred lambs (21.6 ± 3.5 kg BW) were used in a completely randomised design to determine the effects of babassu mesocarp flour (BMF) on performance and ingestive behaviour. The treatments were defined by the increase in concentrations (0, 10, 20 or 30%, in DM basis) of BMF in the diet. When significant treatments effects were found, orthogonal polynomials for treatment responses were determined by linear and quadratic responses (p < .05). To determine the in situ ruminal degradability of the diets used in performance trial, one rumen-fistulated Santa Inês male sheep (63 kg BW) was used in a completely randomised design in a split splot arrangement with three replications (three periods of incubation) in times 3, 6, 24 and 72 h. Data from potential degradability (PD), dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) degradability for diets and the incubation time were compared by t-test (p < .05). Negative quadratic effect was observed upon nutrients intake, except for neutral detergent fiber (NDF) intake. The average daily gain, body condition score, feeding efficiency of DM and time spent in feeding decreased linearly with BMF addition. The BMF decreased the soluble fraction (a) potentially degradable fraction (b) PD, effective degradability of DM and CP and the NDF degradability. The addition of BMF in diets of sheep had negative effects on performance, feed efficiency of DM and degradability of DM, CP and NDF. However, the BMF can be used in diets, during the conventional grains off-season, at concentration up to 10.5% as alternative feed. HIGHLIGHTS The mesocarp produced from industrialization of the babassu coconut has a great content of fiber and lignin. The great content of fiber associated to decrease in degradation of fiber and potential degradability in DM and CP reduced the performance of lambs. Although the reduction of the performance, BMF can partially replace the corn in diets of lambs in periods that the price of this ingredient is great.

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“…Its fruits are used for the manufacture of oil, soap, and cosmetics as well as other domestic products. Babassu cake, which contains approximately 21 to 25% crude protein (Santos et al, 2017;Sá et al, 2015), is a byproduct of babassu palm oil extraction and can be used in ruminant feed. Brazil is third in the global production of pineapple (Ananas comosus), with 2.478 million tons produced every year (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTD], 2016).…”

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Use of babassu cake and pineapple byproduct silage in the diets of feedlot sheep

Neta

Gomes

Oliveira

et al. 2021

Semina: Ciênc. Agrár.

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This study evaluated the use of babassu cake as a replacement for soybean meal and pineapple byproduct silage as roughage in the diets of feedlot sheep. Ten rumen-fistulated sheep were used and distributed in an experimental design consisting of two 5 x 5 Latin squares. Babassu cake replaced soybean meal at four concentration levels (0, 26.66, 53.33, and 80%), and pineapple byproduct silage was used as roughage. A treatment was also evaluated in which elephant grass silage was used as roughage and corn and soybean meal were used as the concentrate. No effect of babassu cake as a replacement for soybean meal on dry matter intake, neutral detergent fiber, or crude protein was observed. Higher babassu cake replacement levels in the diets resulted in linear reductions in the digestibility of the dry matter, neutral detergent fiber, organic matter, nonfiber carbohydrates and total carbohydrates. For the digestibility of the crude protein, no effect was observed after the addition of babassu cake. The replacement levels of the babassu cake had no effect on the intake and retention of the daily nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen and ruminal pH. Babassu cake could replace soybean meal at concentrations of up to 80% when the roughage source was pineapple byproduct silage. Compared with elephant grass silage, pineapple byproduct silage improves nutrient intake and digestibility and nitrogen intake, retention, and absorption without compromising the ruminal pH or ammonia nitrogen of feedlot sheep.

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Behavior of sheep fed babassu cake (Orbygnia speciosa) as a substitution for elephant grass silage

Cited by 7 publications

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Ingestive behaviour in heifers fed diets with increasing levels of babassu cake

Ingestive behaviour in heifers fed diets with increasing levels of babassu cake

Babassu mesocarp flour in diet of finishing lambs

Use of babassu cake and pineapple byproduct silage in the diets of feedlot sheep

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