Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Nutrients in Heifers Fed Hydroponics Maize (<i>Zea mays L.</i>) Fodder

Naik, P.K.; Karunakaran, M.; Swain, B.K.; Chakurkar, E.B.; Singh, N. P.

doi:10.5958/2231-6744.2016.00041.4

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“…There were no significant differences between treatments regarding the apparent digestibility of OM, NDF, and ADF (P0.05). Naik et al (2016) report a 60% digestibility for HMGF crude fiber; however, this component does not consider the insoluble lignin portion (Van Soest et al, 1991). The digestibility values for the NDF of HMGF are higher than those reported for other conventional fodders (Naranjo & Cuartas, 2011;Coblentz et al, 2019).…”

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Digestibility of a diet with hydroponic maize (Zea mays L.) green fodder and its effect on lamb growth

Cantón-Castillo¹,

Alcaraz-Romero²,

Chiquini-Medina³

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Objective: To determine the apparent digestibility (AD) of diets with hydroponic green corn forage (HGCF) and to evaluate its effect on the dry matter (DM) intake and daily weight gain (DWG) of lambs. Design/methodology/approach: Two experiments using four levels of inclusion (0, 20, 40, 60% DM) of HGCF in the diet were carried out. For determine the AD of diet 16 sheep were used and for the growth evaluation 20 male lambs. A completely randomized design in both studies was used. Results: A higher AD of DM and crude protein in diets with 40% and 60% of HGCF was observed (P<0.05; P<0.01). Lambs from 0 and 20% HGCF treatment had a higher DWG. A lower DM intake in 60% HGCF diet was registered (P<0.05). Limitations on study/implications: Currently there are various methods to supplement sheep during dry season, however, few are fully adapted to the needs of farmers. Hydroponic green corn forage is a valuable alternative for fast and constant production of forage with high nutritional value for sheep. Findings/conclusions: Hydroponic green corn forage has high digestibility, therefore, it can be used as an excellent source of forage in the diet of lambs, obtaining appropriate weight gains with rations that include up to 40% in the diet to replace commercial food.

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Digestibility of a diet with hydroponic maize (Zea mays L.) green fodder and its effect on lamb growth

Cantón-Castillo¹,

Alcaraz-Romero²,

Chiquini-Medina³

et al. 2020

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“…In contrast, feeding hydroponic barley fodder (2.5 to 5 kg/calves/day) for calves results in increased dry matter intake, nutrient digestibility, and improved growth rate of the Hariana male calves (Verma et al, 2015). Hydroponic maize fodder should be used for heifer feeding in situations where conventional feed is not available or cannot be grown due to adverse conditions (Naik et al, 2016). Hydroponics maize fodder has a beneficial effect on growth performance and digestible nutrients in Gir calves, and it can replace up to 75% of crude protein in concentrate mixture (Jediya et al, 2021).…”

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“…Formulated organic and organo-mineral nutrient solutions produced plants with similar yield and quality (Adeyemi et al, 2020). Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata; DU-3) could be sprouted hydroponically for 6 days and used as a feed supplement for dairy animals (Naik, et al, 2016). Hydroponic fodder is the transformation of seeds into quality, organic, palatable, disease-free lush green grass and root combination animal feed produced in a specially prepared hydroponic unit.…”

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Effect of Feeding Hydroponic Fodders on the Performance of Dairy Cattle and Small Ruminants: - A Review

2022

JBAH

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The main issue with livestock production is the lack of quality and quantity feed. Further, the non-availability of quality fodders around the year aggravates the constraints of. Further complicating the challenges of sustainable livestock farming is the year round high quality fodder. A force to adopt the environmentally friendly practices of producing fodder (hydroponic technology) is important to satisfy the demand of green fodder in the dairy industry. Plants are grown for brief (5-10 days) period without soil in hydroponic systems for the production of fodder. In many parts of the world, hydroponic fodder has a great promise for sustainable animal agriculture because of its effectiveness in addressing the global feed shortage. Hydroponic fodder is extremely competitive in the cattle farming industry due to its increased digestibility and palatability qualities. The advantages of feeding hydroponics fodder for livestock are increases milk yield and composition, dry matter intake, digestibility of nutrients, and it is important to improve the health status and daily body weight gain of calves, sheep, and goats.

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“…Using HB could be increased the digestible of the nutrients which could be qualified to the tenderness of the fodder (Naik et al, 2013). These enhancements might be due to high content of leafy, roots sprouts which is easy to digest and hydrolysis by the enzymes of gut microflora, as well as enzymatic digestion such as proteases present in the lytic vacuoles of plant cells.…”

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“…Hydroponics is an alternative technology to cultivate fodder (Naik et al, 2011;Naik et al, 2012;and Naik et al, 2013). This technique can provide growing nutrients requirement for animal feed with suitable prices, and assurance of a continuous green forage production of high quantity over the year.…”

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Potential of hydroponic barley in rabbit diets: effect on productive performance, nutrient digestibility, microbiological and physiological responses

Mohamed

Hassan

Abdel-Wareth

2021

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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Application of agriculture hydroponic technology with a view to reduce the gap between the animal nutritional requirements and availability of feed ingredients create an important role in animal and rabbit production. Hydroponic fodder production such as barley is an alternative technology to cultivate fodder which provide the growing nutrients requirement for livestock feed with suitable prices, high quantity, a short growth period, a small land for production, a clean environment, water efficiently and reduces cultivate fodder resources. This study was investigated with view to give an overview on the possible role of hydroponic barley (HB) as a feed replacement in rabbit ration. Various scientific published research articles were used HB as a feed replacement in rabbit ration. The most observed and analyzed productive and reproductive performance, nutrient digestibility and physiological responses. Positive effect of feeding HB was observed on serum metabolic profile and microbial count of caecum of rabbits. However, the economics and nutritive values of hydroponic production system should be carefully estimated. This review provides an overview of and illustrates the positive effects of HB as a feed replacement in rabbit diets and their potential effects on productive performance, economic return, nutrient digestibility, microbiology and gut health of growing rabbits.

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Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Nutrients in Heifers Fed Hydroponics Maize (Zea mays L.) Fodder

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Digestibility of a diet with hydroponic maize (Zea mays L.) green fodder and its effect on lamb growth

Digestibility of a diet with hydroponic maize (Zea mays L.) green fodder and its effect on lamb growth

Effect of Feeding Hydroponic Fodders on the Performance of Dairy Cattle and Small Ruminants: - A Review

Potential of hydroponic barley in rabbit diets: effect on productive performance, nutrient digestibility, microbiological and physiological responses

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