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A note on the apparent digestibility and nutritive value of whole cottonseed given to sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. Karalazos ,
D. Dotas  and
J. Bikos
A. Karalazos
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece
D. Dotas
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece
J. Bikos
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Genetic Improvement Centre, Diavata, Thessaloniki
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Abstract

Four castrated crossbred (Karagouniki♂ × Friesian♀) rams were used in a 4 × 4 Latin-square design to determine the apparent digestibility of four diets based on alfalfa hay and maize grain and containing varying proportions of whole cottonseed (WCS). The proportions of WCS studied were 0, 175, 355 and 530 g/kg diet dry matter (DM) and the respective apparent digestibility coefficients of DM were 0·744, 0·716, 0·689 and 0·625; of organic matter, 0·772, 0·739, 0·718 and 0·643; and of neutral-detergent fibre (NDF), 0·409, 0·481, 0·522 and 0·472. The gross energy (GE) apparent digestibility coefficients were 0·745, 0·722, 0·704 and 0·641, for the same order of treatments. The effect of the incorporation of WCS instead of maize grain in the diet in significantly reducing DM, OM and GE digestibility was evident. The lowest digestible energy value of WCS was observed in the treatment with the highest level of WCS.

Keywords

cottonseeddigestibilitysheep
Type
Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , October 1992 , pp. 285 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1992

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