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| Lins,Stephany Emyle Barbosa; Pessoa,Ricardo Alexandre Silva; Ferreira,Marcelo de Andrade; Campos,José Maurício de Souza; Silva,José Augusto Bastos Afonso da; Silva,Janaina de Lima; Santos,Stefanie Alvarenga; Melo,Tobias Tobit de Barros. |
| ABSTRACT - The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of replacing wheat bran by spineless cactus (0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%) in sugar cane-based diets on intake and nutrient digestibility and ruminal parameters of sheep. Five sheep (Santa Inês; average initial weight of 34.0±3.6 kg) were fitted with cannulas in the rumen and then assigned to a 5 × 5 Latin square design. The maximum dry matter (DM; 1414 g d−1), digestible organic matter (658 g d−1), and neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (NDFap; 425 g d−1) intakes were estimated by replacing 80.2, 89.9, and 50.5% of wheat bran. Dry matter and crude protein digestibility increased by 0.60 and 0.85 g kg-1 of DM. With the replacement of 57.1 and 62.2% of wheat bran, a maximum rate... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Animal nutrition; Cactaceous; Dry season; Feed intake; Rumen fermentation; Semiarid. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982016000100026 |
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