The intake and digestibility by sheep of oat straw and maize stover offered with different levels of noug (Guizotia abyssinica) meal

Butterworth, M. H.; Mosi, A.K.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(86)90053-2

Cited by 10 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Except for T2, the result of this study is comparable with the findings of Butterworth and Mosi (1985) that reported a 29% increase in total DM intake when NSM was used as a supplement in tef straw based feeding of sheep. The improvement in total DM intake in the supplemented animals could be attributed to better supply of CP that promoted the proliferation of rumen microorganisms enabling more efficient digestion of the fiber components leading to higher feed intake (Ranjhan 1997).…”

Section: Feed Intakesupporting

confidence: 94%

“…Supplementation reduced daily hay DM intake similar to the results of Butterworth and Mosi (1985) that reported 26.7% decline in the intake of the basal diet, tef straw, in sheep supplemented with 100 g NSM. Contrary to the current study, Bonsi et al (1996) reported that supplementation of sheep with cotton seed cake and Sesbania tended to enhance tef straw intake.…”

Section: Feed Intakesupporting

confidence: 87%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Effects of supplementation of Farta sheep fed hay with sole or mixtures of noug seed meal and wheat bran on feed intake, digestibility and body weight change

Bishaw

Melaku

2008

Trop Anim Health Prod

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Digestibility and feeding trials for 10 and 90 days were conducted using 25 yearling Farta rams with a mean body weight (BW) of 16.8 +/- 0.17 kg (mean +/- SD) to study the effects of supplementation with sole or mixtures of noug seed meal (NSM) and wheat bran (WB) on feed intake, digestibility and BW change in Farta sheep fed hay. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design. The sheep were arranged in five blocks based on initial BW, and the five treatments were assigned randomly to each animal in a block. The five treatments comprised of ad libitum hay (control, T1) and ad libitum hay plus daily supplementation of 300 g dry matter (DM) sole WB (T2), 2WB:1NSM (T3), 1WB:2NSM (T4) and sole NSM (T5). Supplementation increased total DM (P < 0.01) and crude protein (CP) (P < 0.001) intake and promoted daily BW gain (P < 0.001). Non- supplemented sheep consumed more (P < 0.01) hay DM compared to the supplemented treatments, except T2. Among supplemented sheep, T5 had higher (P < 0.001) CP intake than the other treatments. Supplementation improved (P < 0.001) the digestibility of CP. Lack of statistical differences in daily BW gain between the different supplements used in this study suggests that sheep producers can use the different feed supplements considered in this study depending on their availability in the order of T4, T5, T3 and T2, respectively.

show abstract

Section: Feed Intakesupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Feed Intakesupporting

confidence: 87%

Effects of supplementation of Farta sheep fed hay with sole or mixtures of noug seed meal and wheat bran on feed intake, digestibility and body weight change

Bishaw

Melaku

2008

Trop Anim Health Prod

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The reduced intake of tef straw as the level of supplementation increased in this study might be due to the substitution of tef straw by the supplemented concentrate mix. The degree of depression in tef straw intake observed with the high level of supplementation in this study was similar to the value of 26.7% reported by Butterworth and Mosi (1985) when sheep were fed tef straw basal diet supplemented with 100 g NSC. Type and amount of supplement can affect substitution rate, and it has been generally accepted that substitution rate increases with the level of supplementation (Ponnampalam et al 2004).…”

Section: Feed Intakesupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Butterworth and Mosi (1985) also reported improved total DM intake in sheep supplemented with NSC, though there was a decline in the intake of the basal diet. The reduced intake of tef straw as the level of supplementation increased in this study might be due to the substitution of tef straw by the supplemented concentrate mix.…”

Section: Feed Intakementioning

confidence: 87%

Feed intake, digestibility, body weight and carcass parameters of Afar rams fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with graded levels of concentrate mix

Hagos¹,

Melaku

2008

Trop Anim Health Prod

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The experiment was conducted at Alamata Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia using 20 Afar rams with an initial body weight (BW) of 18.2 +/- 1.76 (mean +/- SD) kg. The objectives were to study the effect of supplementation with concentrate mix consisting of wheat bran (WB), noug seed cake (NSC) and sesame seed cake (SSC) at the ratio of 2:1:1 on dry matter (DM) basis, respectively on feed intake, digestibility, BW gain and carcass parameters of Afar rams fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw basal diet. The experiment was arranged with four treatments and five replications in a randomized complete block design. The treatments included feeding sole tef straw (T1, control), and daily supplementation with the concentrate mix offered at 150 (T2, low), 250 (T3, medium) and 350 (T4, high) g DM per head. Total DM intake, crude protein (CP) digestibility, daily BW gain (P < 0.001), DM and organic matter (OM) digestibility, and carcass parameters (P < 0.05) were higher in the supplemented than in the control treatment. Intake of tef straw reduced as the level of supplementation increased, whereas the contrary was true for CP intake. Performance in carcass parameters was better for the medium compared to the low level of concentrate mix supplementation. Moreover, the medium level of supplementation did not substitute tef straw intake. Therefore, it is concluded that the medium level of concentrate mix supplement maintained the utilization of the roughage feed and resulted in better carcass parameters.

show abstract

“…The higher OM digestibility after supplementation of US with CSC was due to higher CP levels in US coupled with lower lignin level (compared to H). Butterworth & Mosi (1986) and Alayu (1987) also reported increased digestibility of low quality roughages after protein supplementation. This increased digestibility could lead to higher productivity in terms of weight gain and wool growth as observed by Cronje & Weites (1990) when they supplemented wheat straw with cotton seed cake.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of protein supplementation and urea treatment on utilization of maize stover by Red Maasai sheep

Woyengo¹,

Gachuiri²,

Wahome³

et al. 2004

SA J. An. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Six Red Maasai sheep were used to investigate the effects of urea treatment and cotton seed cake supplementation of maize stover on intake, digestibility and rumen fermentation parameters. The basal feeds were Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) hay (H), untreated maize (Zea mays) stover (US) and treated maize stover (TS), each of which was supplemented with 100 g of cotton seed cake (CSC) to make H+CSC, US+CSC and TS+CSC. These were offered over four feeding periods in a completely randomized block design, with periods serving as blocks. Hay and US treatments had similar intakes, digestibility, ruminal fluid volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations and pH. Urea treatment of the stover increased the digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and cellulose as well as the rumen ammonia nitrogen (AN) concentration. Cotton seed cake supplementation increased DM, OM and CP digestibility in US from 445 to 614 g/kg, 475 to 633 g/kg and 308 to 604 g/kg, respectively and VFA concentration in the rumen from 31 to 196 mmol/L. Supplementation of treated stover, increased the AN concentration (137 vs. 234 mg/l) rumen in the rumen content with no effect on nutrient digestibility and VFA concentration. The pH of the ruminal content for the diets ranged from 6.83 to 7.12. The trends of rumen AN and VFA for supplemented diets showed a gradual rise to a maximum three hours post-feeding, followed by a decrease in their respective concentrations. It was concluded that urea treatment and CSC supplementation of stover increased its utilization but supplementation of treated stover with CSC was not effective.

show abstract

The intake and digestibility by sheep of oat straw and maize stover offered with different levels of noug (Guizotia abyssinica) meal

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Effects of supplementation of Farta sheep fed hay with sole or mixtures of noug seed meal and wheat bran on feed intake, digestibility and body weight change

Effects of supplementation of Farta sheep fed hay with sole or mixtures of noug seed meal and wheat bran on feed intake, digestibility and body weight change

Feed intake, digestibility, body weight and carcass parameters of Afar rams fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with graded levels of concentrate mix

Effect of protein supplementation and urea treatment on utilization of maize stover by Red Maasai sheep

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About