Effect of biological treatments on sugarcane bagasse digestibility and performance of Baldi goats
Hany Gado; HM Metwally; AZ El-Basiony; HS Soliman; ERI Abd El Galil;
Abstract
The present work was conducted to study the effect of biological treatments on poor
quality roughage (bagasse) to improve the performance of small ruminants. Bagasse
ensiled or not using one of the following treatments was: (1) untreated control, (2) with
additive mixture solution, (3) cellulase enzyme 15%, (4) cellulase enzyme 25%, (5)
rumen liquor, and (6) Cellulomonas cellulasea. Two experimental trials were conducted,
Experiment (1): In a 5x5 Latin square design with periods of 21 days, goats weighing
about 27 kg(± 0.5kg) were fed one of the treated bagasse silage groups plus
corn(1,2,3,4,5 and 6). The chemical composition, nutrient intake, digestibility and
nitrogen balance were determined. Experiment (2): Twenty male goats (18kg average
initial weight) were used in this experiment. Animal performance (ADG, feed intake and
feed efficiency) was calculated each week through-out the experimental period (90 days).
Results indicated that treatments with rumen liquor or cellulase enzyme (15%) resulted in
higher digestibility (p< 0.05) compared with the other treatments. It was concluded that
treatment of bagasse silage improved its digestibility, ADG, feed intake and feed
efficiency.
quality roughage (bagasse) to improve the performance of small ruminants. Bagasse
ensiled or not using one of the following treatments was: (1) untreated control, (2) with
additive mixture solution, (3) cellulase enzyme 15%, (4) cellulase enzyme 25%, (5)
rumen liquor, and (6) Cellulomonas cellulasea. Two experimental trials were conducted,
Experiment (1): In a 5x5 Latin square design with periods of 21 days, goats weighing
about 27 kg(± 0.5kg) were fed one of the treated bagasse silage groups plus
corn(1,2,3,4,5 and 6). The chemical composition, nutrient intake, digestibility and
nitrogen balance were determined. Experiment (2): Twenty male goats (18kg average
initial weight) were used in this experiment. Animal performance (ADG, feed intake and
feed efficiency) was calculated each week through-out the experimental period (90 days).
Results indicated that treatments with rumen liquor or cellulase enzyme (15%) resulted in
higher digestibility (p< 0.05) compared with the other treatments. It was concluded that
treatment of bagasse silage improved its digestibility, ADG, feed intake and feed
efficiency.
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Title | Effect of biological treatments on sugarcane bagasse digestibility and performance of Baldi goats | Authors | Hany Gado ; HM Metwally ; AZ El-Basiony ; HS Soliman ; ERI Abd El Galil | Keywords | bagasse;biological treatments;cellulase enzyme;digestibility;goats | Issue Date | 2007 | Publisher | Egyptian J. Nutrition and Feeds Volume 10 Issue 2 | Journal | Egyptian J. Nutrition and Feeds Volume 10 Issue 2 |
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