Feeding Value of Sugarcane Stalk for Cattle

Kawashima, Tomoyuki; Sumamal, Witthaya; Pholsen, Pimpaporn; Chaithiang, R.; Boonpakdee, Watcharin; Kurihara, Mitsunori; Shibata, Masaki

doi:10.5713/ajas.2002.55

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“…In dairy cattle trial, Wanapat et al (1999) reported that feeding sugarcane tops with ureatreated rice straw was improved feed intake and nutrient digestion in dairy cattle. Similar resulted with Kawashima et al (2002a) who found that chopped sugarcane tops improved energy supply when compared with rice straw in diary cows. There is, however, very few literature focusing on alternative way to use sugarcane-tops as ruminant feeds.…”

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Effects of Pelleted Sugarcane Tops on Voluntary Feed Intake, Digestibility and Rumen Fermentation in Beef Cattle

Yuangklang¹,

Wanapat²,

Wachirapakorn³

2005

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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Four male crossbred beef steers about 2 years old were used in a 4×4 Latin square design to investigate the effect of pelleted sugarcane tops on voluntary feed intake, rumen fermentation and digestibility of nutrients. Experimental treatments were; Control (dried-chopped sugarcane tops (DCST)); PS1 (Pelleted sugarcane tops at 1 cm of diameter); PS2 (Pelleted sugarcane tops at 2 cm of diameter) and PS3 (Pelleted sugarcane tops at 3 cm of diameter). Roughage intake and total dry matter intake were 1.59, 1.62, 1.61, 1.63% BW and 2.09, 2.12, 2.11 and 2.13% BW in control, PS1, PS2 and PS3 treatments, respectively (p<0.05). Digestibility of DM, OM and CP were similar in control and PS3 treatment but there was significant difference (p<0.05) between control and PS1, PS2 treatments. Digestibility of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) were 52.89, 50.01, 50.05 and 50.56% and 41.91, 39.96, 39.91 and 39.69% in control, PS1, PS2 and PS3, respectively (p<0.05). Total volatile fatty acids concentrations in rumen contents was 67.68, 65.93, 66.15 and 66.67 mM in control, PS1, PS2 and PS3, respectively (p<0.05). Even though, concentrations of acetate and butyrate (%) were significant different (p<0.05) but concentration of propionate (%) was not affected by treatments (p>0.05). Rumen pH, ammonia nitrogen and plasma urea nitrogen were significantly different (p<0.05) among treatments. From this experiment, it was found that dried-chopped sugarcane tops increased digestibility of nutrients whereas pelleted sugarcane tops increased feed intake in beef cattle. However, pelleted sugarcane tops at 3 cm of diameter did similar result in digestibility and rumen parameters with DCST. Therefore, it could be concluded that pelleting sugarcane top is an alternative way to improve the quality of sugarcane tops for use as ruminant roughage source.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Effects of Pelleted Sugarcane Tops on Voluntary Feed Intake, Digestibility and Rumen Fermentation in Beef Cattle

Yuangklang¹,

Wanapat²,

Wachirapakorn³

2005

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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“…In an attempt to evaluate sugarcane as a feed crop, Mizushima and Kobayashi (1977) argued that the feed composition of sugarcane is not very different from that of maize. Kawashima et al. (2002) suggested that if supplemented properly, sugarcane stalks could be used as roughage for cattle in the dry season in tropical regions.…”

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“…Without mentioning the common practice of feeding tops, which occurs in many parts of the world (Gendley et al. 2003), the whole crops are used as a valuable source of feed during drought in, for example, Thailand (Kawashima et al. 2002) and Cuba (Rodríguez et al.…”

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Effects of high nitrogen application on the dry matter yield, nitrogen content and nitrate-N concentration of sugarcane

Ishikawa

Ando

Sakaigaichi

et al. 2009

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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In Japan a high dependency on imported food, particularly livestock feed, has resulted in the accumulation of large amounts of nutrients, especially nitrogen, in the form of livestock manure. Cultivating feed crops that can take up a large amount of N would not only mitigate the water pollution caused by the nitrate leached from the livestock sector, but would also improve food self sufficiency. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is considered to be a promising candidate in this respect. Two field experiments were conducted in 2006 and 2007 in Kagawa to evaluate the dry matter (DM) yield, N content and nitrate‐N concentration of sugarcane under high N input. The first experiment was designed as a factorial experiment with two factors, varieties/lines/clones and N rates set at two levels, 30 g m−2 year−1 and 60 g m−1 year−1, with three replicates. In the second experiment, 30 varieties/lines/clones of sugarcane and related genera as well as control crops were planted (n = 2) and a single N rate of 45 g m−2 year−1 was applied. Some varieties/lines of sugarcane produced an above‐ground DM yield greater than 4.0 kg m−2 and contained more than 40 g m−2 of N in the above‐ground part. Erianthus clones, IK76‐126 and IJ76‐349 tended to accumulate nitrate‐N when high rates of N were applied. No sugarcane varieties out of the 28 varieties/lines tested in the present study accumulated nitrate‐N beyond the allowed limit for feed use, irrespective of the N rates tested in the experiments. The ability of sugarcane not to accumulate nitrate‐N under conditions of high N input was considered to be an advantage in double‐purpose cultivation; that is, sugarcane can be used as a feed and cleaning crop.

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“…Their byproducts, e.g. sugarcane top, bagasse, and molasses, are also commonly used to feed ruminants in these regions, while sugarcane stalks and whole sugarcane may also be used as feed (Kawashima et al 2002a, Kawashima et al 2002b, Kawashima et al 2003, Martin 1997, Pate et al 2002, Suzuki et al 2010, Suzuki et al 2014). Developing varieties with higher abiotic stress tolerance, regrowth ability, or nutritive value will enhance the utility of sugarcane as feed.…”

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Nutritional evaluation of Erianthus spp., Saccharum spontaneum, and Saccharum spp. hybrids as feed

Suzuki

Enishi

Ponragdee

et al. 2015

JARQ

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To obtain nutritional information for sugarcane cross-breeding aimed feed utilization, the morphological characteristics, chemical composition, and in situ dry matter degradability (DMD) of each of the ten accessions of Erianthus spp., Saccharum spontaneum and Saccharum spp. hybrids at 6 (6M) and 12 months (12M; after regrowth) were evaluated. For Erianthus spp. and S. spontaneum, the DMD at 48 h after incubation (DMD48h) and the corrected DMD48h (CDMD48h, expressed as DMD48h minus DMD0h) at 6M, exceeded those at 12M. Conversely, for Saccharum spp. hybrids, while the CDMD48h at 6M exceeded that at 12M, the DMD48h at 6M was lower than that at 12M. Compared to all other species, Saccharum spp. hybrids exhibited the highest DMD48h and CDMD48h. It was considered that a harvest with highest DMD could be obtained during the early growing stages in Erianthus spp. and S. spontaneum, but during a later growing stage in Saccharum spp. hybrids. DMD48h of Erianthus spp. correlated negatively with DM, NDFom and ADFom contents at 6 and 12 months after regrowth respectively. The ADL content of S. spontaneum correlated negatively with pooled DMD48h (r = -0.63; P < 0.01) and tended to correlate negatively with pooled CDMD48h (r = -0.47; P < 0.10). The NDFom and ADFom contents of Saccharum spp. hybrids correlated negatively with pooled DMD48h and positively with pooled CDMD48h, whereas these correlations were more affected by advancing maturity rather than the characteristics of accessions. These results suggest that DM and the fiber degradability of the accessions of genus Saccharum and Erianthus spp. could be estimated from certain chemical components, when selecting highly digestible accessions.

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Feeding Value of Sugarcane Stalk for Cattle

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References 6 publications

Effects of Pelleted Sugarcane Tops on Voluntary Feed Intake, Digestibility and Rumen Fermentation in Beef Cattle

Effects of Pelleted Sugarcane Tops on Voluntary Feed Intake, Digestibility and Rumen Fermentation in Beef Cattle

Effects of high nitrogen application on the dry matter yield, nitrogen content and nitrate-N concentration of sugarcane

Nutritional evaluation of <i>Erianthus </i> spp., <i>Saccharum spontaneum</i>, and <i>Saccharum</i> spp. hybrids as feed

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