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Provedor de dados: | 86
País: | Brazil
Título: | Acceptability by Girolando heifers and nutritional value of erect prickly pear stored for different periods
Autores: | Silva,Evannielly Thuanny dos Santos; Melo,Airon Aparecido Silva de; Ferreira,Marcelo de Andrade; Oliveira,Júlio César Vieira de; Santos,Djalma Cordeiro dos; Silva,Randerson Cavalcante; Inácio,Jonas Gomes.
Data: | 2017-09-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Nopalea cochinellifera; Opuntia stricta; Brazilian Semiarid Region; Cochineal nopal cactus; Forage cactus; Post-harvest.
Resumo: | Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the nutritional value of erect prickly pear (EPP) (Opuntia stricta), stored for different periods, and its acceptability by Girolando heifers. Five heifers were distributed in a 5x5 Latin square. The treatments were as follows: EPP without storage time; stored EPP for three post-harvest periods - 7, 14, and 21 days; and cochineal nopal cactus (CNC) (Nopalea cochenillifera) without storage time, as a control treatment. The diets offered to the animals were composed of cacti of the different treatments, as well as sugarcane silage and soybean meal, and were evaluated for their chemical composition, intake, and nutrient digestibility. The ingestive behavior of the heifers was evaluated. The cactus EPP did not differ from the CNC for organic matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein, nonfibrous carbohydrates, total carbohydrates, ether extract, and mineral matter; however, EPP stored for different periods differed from CNC for dry matter and indigestible neutral detergent fiber. Heifer weights varied 1.35 kg with the low inclusion of concentrate in the diet. The cactus erect prickly pear maintains constant both its nutritional value and its acceptability to Girolando heifers, after storage for different periods up to 21 days.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2017000900761

Editor:

Embrapa Secretaria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Relação: | 10.1590/s0100-204x2017000900008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira  v.52 n.9 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess