Nutritive value of deep stacked and ensiled broiler litter for sheep

Chaudhry, S.M.; Fontenot, J. P.; Naseer, Zahid; Ali, C. S.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(95)00856-x

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“…The digestion of the experimental diets containing PE was similar to that reported by Bhattacharya & Taylor (1975), who suggested that ensiling PE may increase animal acceptability and help in pathogen control (Arndt et al, 1979). Chaudhry et al (1996) made silage with PL and MOL and included this silage in diets for lambs. They found that digestibility of DM and CP increased.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Nutritive value of ensiled pig excreta, poultry litter or urea with molasses or bakery by-products in diets for lambs

Trujillo¹,

Bórquez²,

Pinos-Rodríguez³

et al. 2014

SA J. An. Sci.

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritive value of maize stover silage diets containing pig excreta (PE), poultry litter (PL) or urea as nitrogen (N) sources, and sugarcane molasses (MOL) or bakery by-products (BBP) as energy sources. The study was designed as a 6 × 6 Latin square with six ruminal cannulated Hampshire rams (56 ± 5.7 kg body weight) in a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. The quality of silages was good because of acceptable pH (4.1), texture and odour. Gas production was higher for diets with silage containing PL than that containing PE (287 vs. 269 mL/g DM). The fermentation rate of diets with MOL was higher than with BBP (0.07 vs. 0.05/h). The in vitro degradation, feed intake and N excretion of diets that contained PL were higher than with PE silage. Feed intake for diets with silage that contained BBP and PL or PE was lower than that containing MOL. Rumen pH was increased in lambs fed diets with silage that contained urea (6.38) or PL (6.25), compared with lambs fed diets containing PE silage (6.04). Dry matter (DM) and organic matter (OM) disappearances were higher for diets with silage containing PL compared with those containing PE or urea (650 vs. 606 and 594 g/g DM; 620 vs. 574 and 594 g/g OM, respectively). The N retention and total tract digestion were similar for all treatments. It was concluded that diets with PL and MOL silage had higher nutritive values than those containing PE or urea.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Nutritive value of ensiled pig excreta, poultry litter or urea with molasses or bakery by-products in diets for lambs

Trujillo¹,

Bórquez²,

Pinos-Rodríguez³

et al. 2014

SA J. An. Sci.

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“…The result was similar to that reported by Chaudhry and Naseer (2012) in buffalo steers. In the work by Chaudhry et al (1996), total VFA concentration in the rumen of sheep was increased insignificantly by inclusion of DBL in diet. In the present study, the maximum ruminal total VFA was observed in the sheep fed 140 g DBL/kg diet DM, and the VFA concentration changes were in parallel to the changes of feed intake and diet digestibility.…”

Section: Ruminal Parametersmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…According to Elemam et al (2009), ruminal pH in sheep fed DBL was lower than those fed on a control diet. Feeding DBL in sheep and buffalo steers increased the pH of rumen fluid (Chaudhry et al, 1996;Chaudhry and Naseer, 2012). The results among these studies were different due to various diet ingredients and the level of DBL used.…”

Section: Ruminal Parametersmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Several researchers investigated the potential use of deep-stacked BL (DBL) in ruminant's feeding. The DBL could be incorporated into the diet of ruminants up to 500 g/kg without any adverse effect on animal health (Chaudhry et al, 1996). In another study, the inclusion of DBL (deep stacked in underground silo pit), at up to 450 g/kg of concentrate in the diet did not impact negatively on lamb's performance and health (Elemam et al, 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Therefore, deep-stacking in the broiler house may be a safer and also a cheaper method of producing safe BL before moving it to a sheep farm. Chaudhry et al (1996) claimed that the deep stacking of BL is feasible and effective in the elimination of pathogens. Deep-stacking BL for few days led to an increase in the temperature up to 60 • C in the stack which was enough to kill pathogens (Chaudhry et al, 1998).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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