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The voluntary intake in growing pigs of four ensiled forage species

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Title The voluntary intake in growing pigs of four ensiled forage species
 
Creator Sarria, P.I.
Martens, Siriwan D.
 
Subject feed crops
animal feeding
swine
animal monogástrico
clitoria ternatea
brachiaria
silage
centrosema brasilianum
cratylia
ensilado
cerdo
digestibilidad
digestibility
 
Description Forage can potentially be food resource for pig feeding in the tropics. The palatability of silages by pigs may be better than that of fresh forage. Foliage silage contains more dry matter than green forage and has a pleasant smell. Thirty commercial pigs (47.0 ± 4.7 kg live weight LW), were used to assess the silage intake capacity of pigs when feeding the legumes Clitoria ternatea, Centrosema brasilianum, Cratylia argentea and the Brachiaria grass hybrid Mulato II. The silages were offered ad libitum as a supplement to a normal balanced diet based on maize and soy bean meal. A crossover design was applied comprising five treatments, Control and the four silage supplements respectively. Daily consumption of dry matter -expressed in g of DMkg-1 metabolic LW- were similar (p>0.05) for diets containing C. argentea, C. ternatea and the Control. Daily consumption of C. brasilianum and Brachiaria was significantly lower (p
 
Date 2013
2014-11-23T19:43:41Z
2014-11-23T19:43:41Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sarria, BP; Martens, SD. 2013. The voluntary intake in growing pigs of four ensiled forage species. Agricultural and Food Science. 22:201-206.
1795-1895
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51591
http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/AFS/article/view/6957
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Source Agricultural and Food Science