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Intake and digestibility of tropical grass hay fed to Santa Ines sheep in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

C. M. Korndörfer ,
I. C. S. Bueno ,
A. L. Abdalla ,
J. D. Sutton  and
E. Owen
C. M. Korndörfer
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, CENA, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
I. C. S. Bueno
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, CENA, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
A. L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Animal Nutrition Laboratory, CENA, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
J. D. Sutton
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AT, UK
E. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AT, UK
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Ruminant feeding standards in Brazil are generally based on systems developed for temperate regions and there is a serious lack of information on grazed tropical pasture which is the main feedstuff. Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens) represents half of the total cultivated pastures in Brazil (Miles et al., 1996). This study investigated the intake and digestibility by sheep of signal grass hay cut after re-growths of 28 and 56 days to represent the range used in practice in the Brazilian savanna. Lucerne hay was included as a positive control. The hays were offered at two levels of intake to Santa Ines wether sheep.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 93
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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Miles, J.W., Maass, B.L., do Valle, C.B. Ed. 1996. Brachiaria: Biology, Agronomy, and Improvement. Cali, CIAT. P. 43–246.Google Scholar