Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle
Feed shortage during the dry season in the highlands of Madagascar negatively impacts the dairy cattle productivity, as well as the farmers’ income. Bamboo can produce a high quantity of biomass and could be an alternative way to increase the fodder supply for cattle. The present study aimed to asse...
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| author | José Herilalao Andriarimalala Claude Cocou Kpomasse Paulo Salgado Noroseheno Ralisoa Jayraman Durai |
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| description | Feed shortage during the dry season in the highlands of Madagascar negatively impacts the dairy cattle productivity, as well as the farmers’ income. Bamboo can produce a high quantity of biomass and could be an alternative way to increase the fodder supply for cattle. The present study aimed to assess the compositional information and the optimal rate of bamboo as fodder for dairy cattle. Leaf samples from nine bamboo species were collected to determine their chemical composition and nutritive value. A feeding experiment was also conducted using ten dairy cows, over ten weeks. Bamboo leaves were mixed with maize silage in five proportions: SIL0:BAM100, SIL25:BAM75, SIL50:BAM50, SIL75:BAM25 and SIL100:BAM0. The contents of dry matter, total ash and crude protein in the bamboo leaves were, respectively, 44.5-64.6 %, 6.68-18.5 % and 7.71-15.4 %. In the feeding trial, the dry matter intake of bamboo leaves was 1.6-7.1 kg per day, with an average of 4.8 kg per day. The dry matter apparent digestibility of bamboo leaves was 37.4-56.4 %. The milk production reached 13.6-14.4 L per cow, per day, but there was no significant difference concerning the rate of bamboo leaves in the mixed diet (p > 0.05). The introduction of bamboo leaves into the ruminants diet did not affect their milk production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a91626620c304dfcbbe7469b8832622e2022-12-21T19:14:25ZengUniversidade Federal de GoiásPesquisa Agropecuária Tropical1983-40632019-05-014910.1590/1983-40632019v4954370Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattleJosé Herilalao Andriarimalala0Claude Cocou Kpomasse1Paulo Salgado2Noroseheno Ralisoa3Jayraman Durai4Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy Norveziana (Fifamanor), Centre de Développement Rural et de Recherche Appliquée, Antsirabe, Madagascar.Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benim.Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Antsirabe, Madagascar.Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy Norveziana (Fifamanor), Centre de Développement Rural et de Recherche Appliquée, Antsirabe, Madagascar.International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), Beijing, China.Feed shortage during the dry season in the highlands of Madagascar negatively impacts the dairy cattle productivity, as well as the farmers’ income. Bamboo can produce a high quantity of biomass and could be an alternative way to increase the fodder supply for cattle. The present study aimed to assess the compositional information and the optimal rate of bamboo as fodder for dairy cattle. Leaf samples from nine bamboo species were collected to determine their chemical composition and nutritive value. A feeding experiment was also conducted using ten dairy cows, over ten weeks. Bamboo leaves were mixed with maize silage in five proportions: SIL0:BAM100, SIL25:BAM75, SIL50:BAM50, SIL75:BAM25 and SIL100:BAM0. The contents of dry matter, total ash and crude protein in the bamboo leaves were, respectively, 44.5-64.6 %, 6.68-18.5 % and 7.71-15.4 %. In the feeding trial, the dry matter intake of bamboo leaves was 1.6-7.1 kg per day, with an average of 4.8 kg per day. The dry matter apparent digestibility of bamboo leaves was 37.4-56.4 %. The milk production reached 13.6-14.4 L per cow, per day, but there was no significant difference concerning the rate of bamboo leaves in the mixed diet (p > 0.05). The introduction of bamboo leaves into the ruminants diet did not affect their milk production.https://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/54370fodderin vivo digestibilitywoody grass |
| spellingShingle | José Herilalao Andriarimalala Claude Cocou Kpomasse Paulo Salgado Noroseheno Ralisoa Jayraman Durai Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical fodder in vivo digestibility woody grass |
| title | Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| title_full | Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| title_short | Nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| title_sort | nutritional potential of bamboo leaves for feeding dairy cattle |
| topic | fodder in vivo digestibility woody grass |
| url | https://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/54370 |
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