Intake and digestibility of different forages in Hamas compared to sheep

Abstract

-Results of four trials, in which intake and digestibility of nine roughages had been measured, were pooled to make a comparison between llamas and sheep fed dry forages. Llamas

Comparative study of forestomach digestion in llamas and sheep

“…There was a higher proportion in the llamas without soyabean meal (+ 1.9) and a lower proportion in the llamas with soyabean meal (-1.7). The effect of soyabean meal was nil in the sheep and positive (+ 3.8) (Dulphy et al, 1998). In addition, the llamas minimized the negative effect of barley on the forage digestibility as has been shown before ; Lemosquet et al, 1996).…”

EFECTO DEL NIVEL DE FIBRA DETERGENTE NEUTRA SOBRE EL CONSUMO EN LA ALPACA (Vicugna pacos)

“…1). El CMS fue inversamente proporcional al contenido de fibra de los tratamientos; similar a la información obtenida en llamas por Dulphy et al (1998) . La relación entre el aumento del contenido de FDN y el descenso del CMS se explica principalmente por el alto volumen de las paredes celulares del forraje (Mertens, 1994), que produce distensión del compartimento estomacal, estimulando los mecano receptores de la capa muscular (Forbes, 1996), limitando el consumo.…”