Sugar cane silage for sheep and goats: nutritive value, performance and ingestive behavior / Silagem de cana-de-açúcar na alimentação de ovinos e caprinos: valor nutritivo, desempenho e comportamento ingestivo
AUTOR(ES)
Clayton Quirino Mendes
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2006
RESUMO
Sugar cane ensiled without controlling ethanol production results in low quality roughage and may decrease voluntary feed intake and animal performance. Sugar cane silages nutritive value and their effects on performance and ingestive behavior of lactating goats and feedlot lambs were evaluated in different trials. Thirty-nine Saanen does were used to evaluate dry matter intake (DMI), milk yield and composition, blood parameters and ingestive behavior. Thirty Santa Ines ram lambs were penned to evaluate performance, carcass characteristics and ingestive behavior. Animals were fed a 50:50 (concentrate:roughage ratio) total mixed ration, with different roughages: fresh sugar cane, sugarcane silage without additive and sugar cane silage treated with Lactobacillus buchneri (5x104 cfu/g wet basis) corresponding to the experimental treatments SC, SCS and SCS+Lb, respectively. Ingestive behavior was evaluated individually every 5 minutes for 24 h. Silages were sampled and analyzed for dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), soluble carbohydrates (CHOS), acetic acid and ethanol and compared with fresh sugar cane. Aerobic stability was evaluated by controlling the temperature, pH and dry matter losses of silages exposed to air for a period of ten days. To evaluate apparent digestibility and N metabolism of diets used in the performance trials, 12 ram lambs were placed in metabolism crates. DMI was higher (P<0.01) for goats fed SC. Milk production (MP) and fat corrected milk yield were similar (P>0.05). Milk fat and total solids were greater for diets containing silages. Does fed SCS+Lb diet had higher (P<0.01) milk fat content than SCS. NEFA concentration and time spent with rumination (min/g DM) was higher (P<0.05) for animals fed silage diets. There were no differences (P>0.05) on dry matter intake, average daily gain, feed conversion and carcass parameters of the feedlot lambs. Eating time (min/g NDF) and rumination efficiency (g DM/h) were lower (P<0.05) for lambs fed silage diets. Sugar cane silage decreased (P<0.01) soluble carbohydrates concentrations and increased (P<0.01) NDF, ADF, hemicelulose and acetic acid levels. DM, soluble carbohydrates and acetic acid were higher (P<0,01) for SCS+Lb. There was no difference (P>0.01) on ethanol levels between silages. SCS+Lb treatment had lower (P<0.01) dry matter losses, unchanged pH and greater (P<0.05) aerobic stability. NDF, ADF and hemicelulose intakes and apparent digestibility were higher (P<0.05) for silage treatments.
ASSUNTO(S)
ovinos valor nutritivo microbian inoculant nutrição animal ethanol comportamento ingestivo animal forage conservation caprinos cana-de-açúcar acetic acid digestibility heterolactic fermentation inoculação silagem
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