Effects of feeding ground pods of Enterolobium cyclocarpum Jacq. Griseb on dry matter intake, rumen fermentation, and enteric methane production by Pelibuey sheep fed tropical grass
An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of supplementing ground pods of Enterolobium cyclocarpum in a basal ration of Pennisetum purpureum grass on feed intake, rumen volatile fatty acids (VFAs), and protozoa and methane (CH 4 ) production by hair sheep. Four male sheep (Pelibuey × Kat...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Tropical animal health and production 2017-04, Vol.49 (4), p.857-866 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of supplementing ground pods of
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
in a basal ration of
Pennisetum purpureum
grass on feed intake, rumen volatile fatty acids (VFAs), and protozoa and methane (CH
4
) production by hair sheep. Four male sheep (Pelibuey × Katahdin) with a mean live weight of 27.0 kg (SD ± 0.5) were supplemented with 0.00, 0.15, 0.30, and 0.45 kg of dry matter (DM) of
E. cyclocarpum
pods daily; equivalent to 0.00, 4.35, 8.70, and 13.05 g of crude saponins, respectively. Dry matter intake (DMI), organic matter intake (OMI), and molar proportions of propionic acid increased linearly (
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| ISSN: | 0049-4747 1573-7438 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-017-1275-y |