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Effect of feeding mixed silage of oat fodder and jamun leaves on nutrient utilization in goats

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Title Effect of feeding mixed silage of oat fodder and jamun leaves on nutrient utilization in goats
 
Creator KHAN, NAZAM
RASTOGI, ANKUR
BARMAN, KESHAB
SHARMA, R K
BASHIR, YASIR
 
Subject Jamun leaves
Mixed silage
Nutrient utilization
Oat fodder
 
Description Twelve local adult male goats (24–30 months, 24.35±0.67 kg), divided into 2 equal groups (6 each) were fed concentrate mixture plus ad lib. oat silage (T1) and similar concentrate mixture plus ad lib. mixed silage containing 75:25 oat fodder : jamun leaves (T2). The mixed silage (T2) contained higher level of total phenol and tannin (0.84 and 0.63% vs. 0.24 and 0.03% on DMB) than T1 group. Animals of T2 group showed significant difference in dry matter, organic matter and silage intake as compared to T1 group, but it was comparable as percent live weight and g/kg W0.75. The digestibility of various nutrients was similar in both the groups except higher crude fibre digestibility in T1 group. Nitrogen balance (g/d) was significantly higher in T2 group in comparison to T1 group. Nitrogen retention as % intake was apparently higher in T2 group as compared to T1 group. It is concluded that jamun leaves and maize fodder can be used at 25:75 ratio (w/w) on fresh basis to make silage for feeding to goat without any adverse effect on intake and nutrients utilization.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2014-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37334
10.56093/ijans.v84i1.37334
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol. 84 No. 1 (2014); 85–87
2394-3327
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37334/16693
 
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