in order to evaluate the quantitative factors in fox tail millet (setaria italica l.) under three stages of growth, an experiment was conducted in birjand during spring and summer of 2010. the preliminary objective was evaluation of fox tail physiological characteristics on animals that feed them. planting of foxtail millet was performed according to local practices and endemic acknowledge. sam...

This study determined the nutritive value of Indigoferra gerardiana, Marisine affricana, Impashion bicolor and Adhatoda vesica shrubs for ruminants. Chemical analysis revealed that dry matter (DM) content varied from 22.2% (Dodonia viscosa) to 33.6% (Debregeasia salicifolia). Maximum crude protein (19.8%) was observed for Anisomoles indica, while, neutral detergent fiber was greater (67%) in Do...

The study aimed to evaluate the potential use of dried or ensiled paulownia (Paulownia spp.) leaves as roughage source for ruminants. Paulownia tree were collected from one-year-old hybrid (C-125, CAR, and TF-33 clones) trees. Dried clones different in dry matter (DM), crude ash (CA), protein (CP), ether extract (EE), fiber (CF), nitrogen-free (NfE) similar neutral detergent (NDF), acid (ADF), ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of inoculation of homo-fermentative lactic acid bacteria(LAB) on ensiling characteristics and nutritive value of low dry matter corn silage (LDMCS). Corn foragewas harvested at milk stage (22.8 ± 0.9% DM), chopped at theoretical length of cut (TLC) 2.5 cm, and stored in eighteen 3.8 L mini silos for each treatment. The following treatments were u...

The purpose of this study was to increase the nutritional value two raw materials (soybean straw and ryegrass hay), in order propose use as feed for ruminants. Different technologies were used develop animal feed: addition proteins, Spirulina platensis biomass, solid state fermentation by Aspergillus niger, encapsulation microalgae biomass (capsules with xanthan gum chitosan), well control test...

Evaluating the nutritional value of indigenous shrubs, trees and browse plants is important in Ethiopian situation where availability and quality of forages severely limited during long and dry seasons. A comparative assessment was thus conducted to investigate the nutrient compositions and feeding values of M. stenopetala and M. oleifera leaves. Feed samples were analyzed for proximate nutrien...

Samples of feed ingredients were collected from poultry feed mills in the United States and Canada: corn (133), soybean meal (114), corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS; 89), bakery by-product meal (95), wheat (22), wheat middlings (31), canola meal (21), and wheat shorts (15). The samples were assayed by standard wet chemical techniques for CP, fat, neutral detergent fiber (NDF), a...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemical treatments including urea (5%), ammonia (3.5%), calcium hydroxide (4%), sodium hydroxide (5%), sulphuric acid (5%) and hydrogen peroxide (5%) on ph, dm solubility, lignin, silica, phenolic compounds, cellulose and hemicellulose stucture and ruminal degradability of rice straw. after processing, the treated straw was ensiled for 1 mon...

Pelibuey sheep is the main breed in the tropical and subtropical regions of Mexico, and high demand of sheep meat has favored the finishing of lambs in feedlots with diets containing high levels of grains. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of exogenous enzymes (EE) and application method on nutrient intake and digestibility and performance of growing Pelibuey lambs. Treatm...