Intake, digestibility, growth performance and blood profile of rams fed sugarcane bagasse or rice husk treated with Trichoderma viride and effective microorganisms

Roba, Regasa Begna; Letta, Mengistu Urge; Negesse, Tegene; Animut, Getechew

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11958

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“…Our findings show that all the values of biochemical parameters fall within the normal physiological range of healthy sheep (Radostits et al, 2007;Kaneko and John Harvey, 2008;Roba et al, 2022). The linear increase in blood TP and BUN in the sheep fed with higher LGPH diets (P15, and P20) could be attributed to corresponding linearly increased dietary CP intake and nutrient digestibility (Yang et al, 1999).…”

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“…Concomitantly, blood samples were collected after the first morning feeding through jugular puncture and quickly transferred into vacutainers (one with EDTA and another with clot activator). The blood samples were then immediately sent to Hebrew University Veterinary Hospital (Bet-Dagan, Rishon Letsiyon, Israel) for quantification of haematological and biochemical parameters using an autoanalyzer spectrophotometer (Roba et al, 2022).…”

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Novel quality feed from a wasted resource: measuring the nutritional value of low-glycoalkaloids potato haulm in sheep

Kilama,

Izhiman,

Wagali

et al. 2024

Front. Anim. Sci.

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This study evaluated the potential of low-glycoalkaloid potato haulm (LGPH) as a high-quality feed for ruminants. The low-glycoalkaloid potato plants were grown in a net house following standard agricultural practices. Dehaulming was performed a fortnight before the harvest of the tubers, as commercially practiced. Four healthy female lambs (aged 4 months) were employed in a 4×4 Latin square feeding experiment design. The lambs were fed with either a maintenance diet consisting of 73% roughage (control), or treatment diets with supplementation of 10% (P10), 15% (P15), and 20% (P20) LGPH on a dry matter (DM) basis for a period of 21 days, including 14 days of adaption and 7 days of sampling. Refusals and feces were collected for 6 days and pooled followed by a 24 h urine collection on the 7th day. On the 6th day, an hour after morning feeding, blood, and rumen liquid samples were collected. All the samples were analysed, and the data generated were analysed using ANOVA with diet and period as fixed effects and sheep as a random effect. Orthogonal contrasts were used to detect linear and quadratic effects of LGPH in the diet. Linear or polynomial equations were produced to extract the nutrient digestibility and metabolizable energy (ME) of LGPH. No toxicological clinical signs were observed, and the haematology profiles were normal throughout the trial. LGPH did not affect the daily intake of nutrients and energy. However, the apparent digestibility of DM, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), and gross energy increased (P= 0.01) linearly (P< 0.01) with supplementation of LGPH in the diet. The inclusion of LGPH had a quadratic effect on neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility (P= 0.027), reaching a peak of 54.8 % at 12.3 % LGPH supplement on a DM basis. The N retention in lambs fed with the P20 diet was nearly twice that of the control diet (P= 0.032; 19.1 vs. 10.2 g/d). The computed digestibility values of DM, OM, CP, and NDF for LGPH were 76.1, 79.7, 84.2, and 72.1 %, respectively, and ME was 2.62 Mcal/kg DM. Conclusively, by significantly reducing the glycoalkaloids’ content in potato haulm, we can safely repurpose the currently wasted foliage as a new source of high-quality roughage feed for ruminants, equivalent to alfalfa hay, without imposing any additional environmental burden. However, further research is necessary to assess impact of LGPH on growth performance, and milk productivity before practical application on commercial farms.

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Novel quality feed from a wasted resource: measuring the nutritional value of low-glycoalkaloids potato haulm in sheep

Kilama,

Izhiman,

Wagali

et al. 2024

Front. Anim. Sci.

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“…However, a slight deviation in this trend was noted with sugar processing waste, specifically solid waste from sugarcane, which tended to decrease ADG in Muzaffarnagari lambs at a 20% DM substitution level (Kumar et al 2017). Additionally, there were minor impacts on ADG observed when providing sugarcane top leaves and bagasse in hydrolyzed and silage forms (de Lima et al 2013;Ferreira et al 2014;Dantas Júnior et al 2022;Roba et al 2022). Incorporating sugarcane into sheep diets also leads to an improvement in feed conversion ratio (FCR) according to the findings of the meta-analysis.…”

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“…Studies examining the impact of adding sugarcane to sheep productivity have yielded varied results. While certain studies suggest a rise in weight gain and feed efficiency (Roba et al 2022) and feed efficiency (Roba et al 2022), others propose slight variances or even declines in these factors. Additionally, changes in carcass traits, such as carcass weight and dressing percentage, have been noted with the inclusion of sugarcane supplementation (Rocha et al 2004;Kumar et al 2015;Ribeiro et al 2020).…”

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Sheep fed sugarcane-based diets: Insights into productivity, carcass traits, longissimus muscle, and milk quality - A meta-analysis

Sadarman,

Nurfitriani,

Azmi

et al. 2024

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This meta-analysis summarizes the effects of incorporating sugarcane or its by-products into the diet of sheep from various aspects including productivity, carcass characteristics, meat quality of the longissimus muscle, and milk quality. Study differences were defined as random factors while fixed factors accounted for the levels of sugarcane supplementation in the sheep diet. The analysis also examined differences in categorical factors such as sugarcane form (whole, top leaves, bagasse, and residue) and pretreatment methods (untreated, hydrolyzed, and ensiled). Adding sugarcane to the sheep diet showed a significant increase in average daily weight gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) (P < 0.05). However, there was a significant decrease in hot carcass weight (HCW), cold carcass weight (CCW), and dressing percentage (DP) (P < 0.05). Color variables, such as redness (a*) and brightness (L*), of sheep meat were higher when fed a sugarcane-based diet provided in the form of whole plant (P< 0.05). Moreover, there was a significant decrease in lactose and protein concentrations in sheep milk (P < 0.05) after feeding a sugarcane-based diet. Overall, sugarcane supplementation showed some benefits in sheep productivity variables, but it did not yield the expected results in maintaining carcass characteristics, longissimus muscle, and milk quality.

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Comparison of dehulling efficiency and grain nutritional parameters of two cultivated barnyard millet species (Echinochloa spp.)

Sood,

Mondal,

Pal

et al. 2023

Heliyon

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Intake, digestibility, growth performance and blood profile of rams fed sugarcane bagasse or rice husk treated with Trichoderma viride and effective microorganisms

Cited by 6 publications

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Novel quality feed from a wasted resource: measuring the nutritional value of low-glycoalkaloids potato haulm in sheep

Novel quality feed from a wasted resource: measuring the nutritional value of low-glycoalkaloids potato haulm in sheep

Sheep fed sugarcane-based diets: Insights into productivity, carcass traits, longissimus muscle, and milk quality - A meta-analysis

Comparison of dehulling efficiency and grain nutritional parameters of two cultivated barnyard millet species (Echinochloa spp.)

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