Apparent digestibility of corn silage and sugar cane in sheep: effects on the rumen ciliate protozoal population

Authors

  • Edison Valvasori Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Carlos de Souza Lucci
  • José Carlos Machado Nogueira Filho Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, São Paulo, SP
  • Juliana Rodrigues Pozzi Arcaro Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Fernando Lima Pires Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Irineu Arcaro Júnior Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-3659.v33i2p97-101

Keywords:

sheep, apparent digestibility, ciliate protozoa, rumen, corn silage, sugar cane.

Abstract

Twelve male sheep were used, in a completely randomized design, to evaluate apparent digestibility and rumen ciliate protozoa population under different diets: A) corn silage supplemented with 0.050 kg of soybean meal/kg original roughage; B) 50% corn silage + 50% sugar cane supplemented with 0.075 kg soybean meal/kg original roughage; C)
sugar cane supplemented with 0.100 kg soybean meal/kg original roughage. Dry matter intake and digestibility of Crude fiber were linearly affected (P < 0.01) by increasing the level of sugar cane in the diets, and they had direct influence in feed consumption and T.D.N. Total, rumen protozoal population was represented by a quadratic regression
(P < 0.01), and the average values for total ciliates ml-1 in the rumen contents were 235.01, 196.49 and 514.07 (x103) for treatments A, B and C, respectively. Entodinium genus was always predominant, with 76.8, 62.2 and 89.4% respectively in treatments A, B and C.

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Published

1996-06-01

Issue

Section

ANIMAL NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISEASES

How to Cite

Apparent digestibility of corn silage and sugar cane in sheep: effects on the rumen ciliate protozoal population. (1996). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 33(2), 97-101. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-3659.v33i2p97-101