Hidroponik Sistemle Üretilen Bazı Yem Bitkilerinin Ruminant Hayvan Beslemesinde Kullanımı

Abstract

Green fodder plants have an important place in animal nutrition in terms of meeting the nutritional needs of animals and increasing appetite. Especially in dairy cattle breeding, green feeds are needed for milk yield and quality. In order to meet the green feed needs of ruminant animals, the scarcity of agricultural areas, water use, environmental and climate factors can cause negative effects. The increase in the prices of green feeds, which cannot be sustained throughout the year, increases the tendency to soilless agriculture. The increase in feed prices due to many reasons in soil-dependent agriculture may cause the breeder to ignore the nutritional needs of the animal and cause the feeding not to be done correctly. For this purpose, it is thought that with hydroponic production, which is one of the soilless farming systems, the negative conditions related to the environment and soil can be eliminated and the feed costs can be reduced by ensuring the continuity of green feed throughout the year. Although there is a disease-free growing environment with hydroponic production, the digestibility of the products to be obtained will increase and feed efficiency will increase. In addition, with hydroponic production, the digestibility, crude protein values, vitamin and mineral contents of feeds with high cellulose content (such as barley, wheat, maize) increase. Meat, milk yield and quality, animal performance and health will also be positively affected by the increase in feed utilization. In addition to all these, it also allows the plants with a long growing period to benefit in a short time. Especially the feeds obtained by hydroponic production are used to obtain green feed of 18-20 cm in 6-7 days, and to feed animals with the obtained feed root.