Poultry litter ruminal degradability through in situ nylon bag technique with heifers

Authors

  • Laércio Melotti Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP
  • Carlos de Sousa Lucci Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP
  • Sérgio Carlo Franco Morgullis Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP
  • Ari Luiz de Castro Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP
  • Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95961998000200009

Keywords:

Poultry manure, Animal feeding, Ruminants

Abstract

Ruminal dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM) and crude protein (CP) degradabilities of poultry litter containing either rice hulls, peanuts hulls or corn cobs were estimated through in situ nylon bag technique with rumen fistulated heifers fed with corn silage and poultry litter. Statistical design was randomized blocks. The results showed that DM effective degradability of peanuts hulls poultry litter (70.07%) was similar to corn cobs (67.42%) and higher than (p<0.05) rice hulls (60.68%). Similar results were observed for OM (peanuts hulls: 67.66%; corn cobs: 67.43%; rice hulls: 60.74%). CP effective degradability of corn cobs poultry litter (78.39%) was lower than (p<0.05) peanuts hulls (83.23%) or rice hulls (83.97%). Peanuts hulls and corn cobs were better materials than rice hulls.

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Published

1998-01-01

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 2 (1998)

Section

ZOOTECHNICS

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How to Cite

1.
Melotti L, Lucci C de S, Morgullis SCF, Castro AL de, Rodrigues PHM. Poultry litter ruminal degradability through in situ nylon bag technique with heifers. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 1998 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 16];35(2):92-5. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/5720