Associative effects between Arachis pintoi and dwarf elephantgrass hays on nutritional value in sheep
A. C. Dall-Orsoletta A , T. Reiter A , G. V. Kozloski B , V. Niderkorn C and H. M. N. Ribeiro-Filho A D
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A Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Avenue Luiz de Camões, 2090, Lages, SC 88520-000, Brazil.
B Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenue Roraima, 1000, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil.
C INRA, UMR1213 Herbivores, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
D Corresponding author. Email: henrique.ribeiro@udesc.br
Animal Production Science 58(5) 894-899 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15864
Submitted: 15 December 2015 Accepted: 4 November 2016 Published: 18 January 2017
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of including different levels of peanut (Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo) hay (167 and 572 g/kg dry matter (DM) of crude protein and neutral detergent fibre respectively) on the nutritional value of diets based on dwarf elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum Shum, cv. Kurumi) hay (98 and 668 g/kg DM of crude protein and neutral detergent fibre respectively). Peanut hay was included in the proportions of 0.0, 0.33, 0.66 and 1.00 of total diet DM. Eight Texel × Suffolk crossbred wethers provided with duodenal cannula were assigned to the treatments in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin-square experiment. The organic matter (OM) intake increased linearly (P < 0.05) and the total apparent OM digestibility decreased linearly (P < 0.001) with an increasing inclusion of legume. The nitrogen (N) intake and N urinary excretion increased linearly (P < 0.05), whereas linear and quadratic responses were significant for digestible OM intake, N retention, and for the efficiency of rumen microbial protein synthesis. Cubic positive responses were significant (P < 0.05) for duodenal flow of total N, non-ammonia-N and rumen microbial-N. The inclusion of A. pintoi in dwarf elephantgrass-based diets improved the nutrient supply to sheep, but no additive effect was observed as a result of increasing the peanut proportion in the mixed diet.
Additional keywords: digestibility, legume, N retention, Pennisetum purpureum, voluntary intake.
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