Effect of diet inclusion of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Tithonia diversifolia</Emphasis> on feed intake,digestibility and nitrogen balance in tropical sheep |
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Authors: | Uriel Ramírez-Rivera José Roberto Sanginés-García José Guadalupe Escobedo-Mex Fanny Cen-Chuc Juan Antonio Rivera-Lorca Pedro Enrique Lara-Lara |
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Institution: | 1.División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación,Instituto Tecnológico de Conkal,Conkal,Mexico |
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Abstract: | Feed intake and digestibility were evaluated in sheep fed low quality Taiwan grass supplemented with Tithonia diversifolia. Four wether hair sheep were housed in metabolic cages and fed with either Control concentrate 20%, Tithonia 20, 35 or 50%
in a Latin Square design. Adaptation and, feces and urine collection periods were 14 and 7 days, respectively. Feed intake
was increased (P < 0.01) from 58.5 in control to 86.1 g/kg0.75 in sheep fed Tithonia. NDF intake and digestibility were affected by Tithonia level. Nitrogen intake increased linearly (P < 0.01) with increase in feces and urine excretion. N retention was similar (P > 0.1) among sheep fed Tithonia, but different (P < 0.05) from control. Inclusion of Tithonia foliage at 20% of the DM diet of hair sheep improved their intake of low quality
Taiwan grass and nitrogen retention. Higher levels of Tithonia in the diet, however, increase nitrogen loss in feces and urine. |
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