Metabolisable energy requirements for maintenance and gain of liveweight of Bali cattle (Bos javanicus)
S. P. Quigley A H ,A School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Warrego Highway, Gatton, Qld 4343 Australia.
B Faculty of Animal Science, The University of Mataram, Jalan Majapahit No. 62, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara 83121, Indonesia.
C Faculty of Animal Science, Tadulako University, Jalan Soekarno Hatta, Palu, Central Sulawesi 94118, Indonesia.
D Beef Cattle Research Institute, Indonesian Centre for Animal Research and Development, Jalan Pahlawan Grati, Pasuruan, East Java 67184, Indonesia.
E Indonesian Centre for Animal Research and Development, Jalan Raya Pajajaran Kav E-59, Bogor, West Java 16151, Indonesia.
F Faculty of Animal Science, The University of Haluoleo, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi 93213, Indonesia.
G Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Dutton Park, Qld 4102, Australia.
H Corresponding author. Email: s.quigley@uq.edu.au
Animal Production Science 54(9) 1311-1316 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN14355
Submitted: 13 March 2014 Accepted: 22 May 2014 Published: 10 July 2014
Abstract
A series of liveweight gain (LWG), feed and water intake and digestibility experiments were conducted across eastern Indonesia. Thirty-six datasets of LWG, feed and water intake, and diet characteristics were used to determine the nutritional requirements of growing Bali cattle fed a wide range of diets that varied in crude protein content and apparent dry matter digestibility. Regression of average daily LWG against estimated metabolisable energy (ME) intake was conducted, and the ME requirements for maintenance of liveweight (LW, 0 kg/day) and LWG were determined. It was estimated that the ME required to maintain LW of this class of Bali cattle, across the range of diets evaluated, was 0.47 MJ ME/kg LW0.75.day and that 34 MJ ME was required for each kg LWG, or 29 g LWG/MJ ME. The relationship between estimated ME intake and LWG was not affected by the crude protein content of the diet. The data demonstrate that ME requirements for maintenance of LW of Bali cattle are comparable with values for other cattle species, but that this class of Bali cattle is generally less efficient in the use of ME for LWG across the range of diets evaluated.
Additional keywords: crop by-products, feed intake, indigenous cattle, tropical forages, water intake.
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