2024
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4523679/v1
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Effect of maturity stage on sorghum silage production: intake, digestibility, energy partition, and methane production in sheep

Marielly Maria Almeida Moura,
João Paulo Santos Roseira,
Wagner Sousa Alves
et al.

Abstract: The objective of the study was to evaluate the intake, digestibility, energy partition, and methane production of sheep fed with BRS 610 sorghum silage produced from plants harvested at different stages of maturity. Sorghum was harvested at the milk, soft mass, hard mass, and mature stages of development, corresponding to 100, 107, 114, and 121 days after planting, respectively. Twenty uncastrated adult rams were utilized, with five rams per treatment. There was a linear increase in voluntary intake expressed … Show more

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