Inthapanya, Sangkhom

Preston, T R

Leng, Ronald

2016

The experiment was carried out to study effects of supplementary dietary protein of differing solubilities, and of brewers' grains on feed intake, digestibility and N balance in local 'Yellow' cattle fed ensiled cassava root, urea and rice straw as basal diet. Four local ('Yellow') male cattle were assigned to 4 treatments in a 4*4 Latin square arrangement: BG-CSF: brewers' grains with cassava foliage, BG-WS: brewers' grains with water spinach, NBG-CSF: no brewers' grains with cassava foliage, NBG-WS: no brewers' grains with water spinach. Experimental periods were of 15 days: 9 days for adaptation, 5 days for collection of feces and urine and the last day to take rumen fluid by stomach tube. Adding 5% of brewers' grains to the diet increased the DM intake, the apparent DM digestibility and N retention. Similar but smaller benefits were found when water spinach replaced cassava foliage as the main source of (true) protein.

Livestock Research for Rural Development, 28(2), p. 1-5

0121-3784

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21950

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Centro para la Investigacion en Sistemas Sostenibles de Produccion Agropecuaria

Ensiled brewers' grains increased feed intake, digestibility and N retention in cattle fed ensiled cassava root, urea and rice straw with fresh cassava foliage or water spinach as main source of protein

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